A Genuine Statewide Soaking

Well, almost but not quite. The 0.25 at Troy, for example, would not be a “soaking”

But a huge percentage of the state received well over one inch and a number of places over two inches. It was a steady soaking rain and lasted for hours.

As Bill pointed out late last night, at 11:01 pm, the Birmingham Airport had accumulated 53.99 inches for 2009. That is exactly the average annual rain for Birmingham and this year we got it in 277 days!

Here is a roundup of 24 hour totals through about 7 o’clock this morning:

2.46 Coker in West Tuscaloosa County
1.78 Concord/Hueytown
1.81 Noccalula Falls
1.62 Pleasant Grove
1.85 Bear Creek
1.67 Gardendale/Mt. Olive
1.74 Foley
1.85 SW Lamar County
1.62 Helena
2.13 NE Trussville
2.38 Scrougeout (62.38 so far this year!)*
1.35 Cottondale (58.65 so far this year)
1.41 Anniston Airport
1.83 Auburn
1.20 Mobile/Brookley Field
1.85 Birmingham Airport
1.34 Shelby County Airport
0.74 Decatur
1.06 Dothan
0.69 Evergreen
0.71 Huntsville Airport
1.17 Mobile Regional Airport
2.19 Montgomery/Dannelly Field
0.25 Troy
1.92 Tuscaloosa Airport
1.83 Pinson
1.65 Selma
1.42 Addison
1.87 Ashland
1.69 Alexander City
2.38 Camp Hill
1.06 Centreville
1.31 Clanton
1.80 Dora
1.47 Hamilton
1.63 Jasper
2.10 Lafayette
1.54 Livingston
1.32 Centreville
1.65 Selma
1.26 Hurtsboro
1.90 Jacksonville
1.81 Palmerdale
1.70 Plantersville
1.14 Uniontown
1.72 Blue Pond
1.71 Childersburg
2.37 Gaylesville
1.11 Wadley
4.10 Tri County (near where Jefferson/St Clair/Blount join

NOTES

* We get more than one report from some communities.
* The 54.05 inches of rain so far this year at Birmingham Airport compares to 44.26 at this same time last year.
* Vic Bell sends a very interesting comment that Scrougeout has received 62.38 since January 1 but an amazing 80.52 inches in the last 12 months (since this same date in 2008!

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