At this hour, the rain and storms are now east of I-59. A severe thunderstorm watch does continue for South and South Central Alabama until 1 p.m., but no severe weather was occurring in Alabama at 10 a.m., except for some flash flooding in the Mobile area. Up to four inches of rain expected in Mobile between 930-11 a.m.
Skies remain mostly cloudy over almost all of Alabama. Clearing was beginning over Lamar, western Marion, Franklin, Lauderdale and Colbert Counties. This clear will progress eastward out of Mississippi during the day.
Some vertical development was noted in the clouds along the clearing line. Colder air aloft will be overspreading areas that have cleared behind the main precipitation area and the cold front is still along the Mississippi River. This means that there could be redevelopment of strong storms with hail and strong winds until frontal passage occurs late this afternoon.
We will be monitoring.
Where sunshine reappears, temperatures will warm rapidly into the mid and upper 70s with a few 80s not out of the question.
By my calculations. 0.75 inches of rain had fallen at the Birmingham Airport. Crawfish forecaster Brian Peters says 0.75 atop the Sheraton Civic Center. 0.58 in Helena.
