Early on this Monday morning, a line of showers and thunderstorms was moving steadily eastward across Nort and West Alabama.
At 2:25 am, the leading edge of the line was from Dekalb County in Northeast Alabama down to near Gadsden, Birmingham and down into Southeast Alabama. Some of the heavier rain was falling over:
Western St. Clair County
Eastern and Southern Jefferson County
Marengo County, including the Demopolis area.
Behind the leading line of storms, rain is widespread over most of North and West Alabama. Back in those areas the rain is also moderate to occasionally heavy.
It is estimated (from radar) that as much as 2.50 inches of rain has fallen over parts of Marion, Franklin and Colbert County. The NWS in Huntsville reports that significant flash flooding has occurred in Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale County. There were widespread road closures last evening in those counties.
In the city of Florence, many roads and streets were barricaded.
As of 2 am, Muscle Shoals Airport had received 2.44 inches of rain.
A complicated stalled front was across Central Alabama this morning. At 2 am, it was a very mild 68 degrees in Alexander City and 66 in Montgomery as compared to a cooler 51 in Muscle Shoals.
Sunday afternoon, the temperature soared to 71 at Pinson, in Northeast Jefferson County, a record for January 22.
This is mostly a big rain event. So far, North and Central Alabama has not been ouitlooked for severe weather.
At 2:25 am, the leading edge of the line was from Dekalb County in Northeast Alabama down to near Gadsden, Birmingham and down into Southeast Alabama. Some of the heavier rain was falling over:
Western St. Clair County
Eastern and Southern Jefferson County
Marengo County, including the Demopolis area.
Behind the leading line of storms, rain is widespread over most of North and West Alabama. Back in those areas the rain is also moderate to occasionally heavy.
It is estimated (from radar) that as much as 2.50 inches of rain has fallen over parts of Marion, Franklin and Colbert County. The NWS in Huntsville reports that significant flash flooding has occurred in Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale County. There were widespread road closures last evening in those counties.
In the city of Florence, many roads and streets were barricaded.
As of 2 am, Muscle Shoals Airport had received 2.44 inches of rain.
A complicated stalled front was across Central Alabama this morning. At 2 am, it was a very mild 68 degrees in Alexander City and 66 in Montgomery as compared to a cooler 51 in Muscle Shoals.
Sunday afternoon, the temperature soared to 71 at Pinson, in Northeast Jefferson County, a record for January 22.
This is mostly a big rain event. So far, North and Central Alabama has not been ouitlooked for severe weather.