Rita's Rain

We have been teasing ABC 33/40 Weather Watcher, Natahan Jones in the "Helena Desert" For much of the mid and late summer, Nathan would watch as showers and storms took the east or west bypass around Helena leaving his location high and dry. Well, Miss Rita took care of that for both him and Brian Peters who live one-half mile from each other.

Here is a roundup of Rita rainfall. Most of these amounts are for the last 24 hours which is essentially the storm total for most locations.

3.47 inches in Helena (Nathan Jones)
4.37 at Helena (Brian Peters)
4.06 at Greystone Cove (James Spann)
2.07 in NE Trussville (Molly's House)
4.00 at Decatur Airport
3.14 at Muscle Shoals
2.47 at Huntsville
0.79 at Childersburg
1.60 in Selma
1.48 at Montgomery
1.07 in Ensley (Avenue "W" Bridge)
3.49 at Smith Dam
2.22 at Oliver Dam (Tuscaloosa)
1.71 at Holt Dam (east edge of Tuscaloosa)
2.79 at Selden Lock and Dam
3.80 at Gainesville Lock and Dam
4.24 at Demopolis Lock and Dam
2.72 at Livingston
4.03 in Alabaster
6.37 in Hamilton
2.69 at Evergreen (partial total)
3.22 at Bevil Lock and Dam
5.00 at Arkadelphia (filled their new pond to a depth of 6 to 7 feet
8.50* at Newbern (SE Hale County)

* 5 inches up until midnight and an additional 3.50 since. This report from a WAKA-TV, Montgomery WeatherWatcher. Thanks to Channel 8 for sharing trhat report.