Beneficial Rain For Some Areas--1:20 pm Update

A broad band of showers and thunderstorms was moving SE this afternoon through North central and Central Alabama.

They extended all the way across the state from Pickens, Sumter and Lamar County in West Alabama to Cherokee and Etowah County in the east.

Places getting some of the heavier rain at 1:20 pm included:

* Cherokee and Etowah County
* North Bibb County
* West Tuscaloosa County
* North Hale County
* Greene and Sumter County

Most of the heavier showers seemed to be bypassing the immediate Birmingham area.

In North Shelby County, 0.28 at fallen at Greystone Cove by 1:15 pm (report from James Spann)

Everything was moving toward the SE

There were some more heavy showers and storms over East Mississippi. These will move into West Alabama's Lamar, Pickens and Sumter Counties.

Parts of West Alabama over two inches so far today
Posted by  
on September 16, 2005, 12:56 pm
I only got 0.15" up here at Black Creek, but it looked like Gadsden may have gotten half an inch.

Reply to this comment