COVERING A VARIETY OF TOPICS
* 1.11 inches of rain in Troy this afternoon
* Brian Peters reports 0.67 in Helena in only 10 minutes with no wind and very little thunder.
* 1.51 inches of rain last two days Concord/Hueytown
* 1.34 three day total at Haleyville
* 1.20 inches of rain in only 1/2 hour in Pelham this evening. Skywatcher Nathan Jones reported very little wind or lightning
* Very heavy rain at this time continues in these areas:
….Along Coosa/Clay County line from Millersville to about where U.S. 280 crosses NE Coosa County
….Along the Tallapoosa/Chambers County line
….Heavy showers scattered across Tuscaloosa and Pickens County
USA TEMPERATURE EXTREMES LOWER 48 STATES
….35 this morning at Stanley, Idaho in the midst of the Sawtooth Mountains
….Hottest this afternoon 118 in Death Valley
HURRICANE DOLLY
She was barely hanging on as a hurricane tonight. Dolly was centered 60 miles NW of Brownsville, Tex., with sustained winds of 75 mph. She was moving toward the WNW at 10 mph. As of 7 this evening, Brownsville had recorded 6.25 inches of rain today.