WInding Down

Well, I’m winding down, even though the storm s over South Central Alabama continue to make a lot of noise as they push south.

They are over southern Sumter, Marengo, southern Hale, Perry, Dallas and Wilcox Counties now.

There is still one severe thunderstorm warning in eastern Mississippi, for western Macon County. This storm could clip southern Sumter County as it crosses the Alabama border in about an hour.

It has been a wild night, with some incredible rains over West Alabama. Still have a flash flood warning for parts of Tuscaloosa County. Ron Hughes reported 3.72″ in Coker. Jenni Broyles reported about 11:45 that approximately 10 Tuscaloosa Police and Sheriffs units were headed west on US-82. Probably to block flooded roads in the Sipsey River bottoms.

There is undoubtedly still flooding going on in parts of Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Hale and Greene Counties. Numerous reports of flooding from those areas tonight. Be careful if you must be out. You can run into standing water before you know it.

Vic Bell just checked in after finally getting his power back. He says that the electrical storm over northern Etowah County tonight was one of the worst he’s seen. He reports 3.05 inches of rain, much of it during the 20 minutes of the peak lightning. He also reports the had a rescue on Hwy 11 south of Collinsville…”Guy hit deep water and ran off road…car on side half submeerged and he couldn’t get out.” Vic reports that he has received 5.23 inches of rain since last Tuesday night.

It looks like the Birmingham Airport has seen 3.25 inches during that same period, most of it coming today.

This will be the last blog post of the night unless severe weather flares up again.

Rain and storms will be likely again later today across Alabama,, but they should be more scattered and not as heavy.

Category: Alabama's Weather