Wednesday's Downpours

They were slow-moving thunderstorms.

At times they just stopped and did not move for quite awhile.

In some places, the storms paused and then back-tracked.

So...let's look at some rainfall totals:

1.17 inches at Logan Martin Lake
1.61 at Childersburg
1.76 at Cordova
3.52 at Carbon Hill
2.33 at Ellisville (Cherokee County)
1.36 at Oak Grove (West Jefferson County)
1.10 in Bessemer
1.06 in Pell City
1.11 at Greystone Farms (North Shelby)
2.01 in Brent
2.51 at Black Creek (NE Etowah County, see notes at the end of this report)
1.69 at Crumly Chapel
0.80 at Shelby County Airport
0.00 at Helena (that spells none)

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

.....I could not keep from laughing at Nathan Jones when he filed his report from Helena. "Heavy rain was very close but didn't get a drop in the rain bucket." Nathan has said that several times this summer when he was needing rain. Maybe he needs to hang out a rain welcome sign.

.....Vic Bell, the ABC 33/40 WeatherWatcher for Black Creek reported that almost all of the 2.51 inches of rain fell in only one hour, between 5:30 and 6:30 pm.

.....Several Flash Flood Warnings were issued. In Oneonta, Blount County, one foot of water was reported in and around the intersection of Alabama Highway 75 and U. S. 231. Several business establishments took on water including a nursing home, auto shop and grocery store.