The strongest storms and heaviest rain had shifted into East and South Alabama tonight. Most of the intense thunderstorms were over extreme South Alabama.
There were numerous reports of hail and wind damage today, but we do not know of any reports of significant structural damage. It was mostly trees and power lines down. For example, numerous trees were reported down across Lauderdale County in NW Alabama.
Around 5:30 pm, flash flooding was reported in Haleyville in Winston County with downtown traffic shut down.
Here is a selection of rainfall amounts from today's storms. In many places, most of this rain fell in about 2 hours.
0.94 in Center Point
2.61 in Bessemer (the largest total we have seen)
0.60 in Columbiana
1.42 in Hueytown/Concord in about 90 minutes
1.16 in downtown Tuscaloosa (County Courthouse)
1.42 at Riverchase (33/40 studios)
1.20 in Inverness
0.75 in South Trussville
2.00 in downtown Birmingham (Daniel Building)
1.56 in Helena
1.55 in Maylene/Alabaster
1.03 atop Mt. Cheaha
Now, we will probably have to fight severe weather again Wednesday. In fact, it could be a stronger version of it. The Storm Prediction Center has all of Alabama under a slight risk of severe weather for Wednesday. The slight risk also covers most of Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Western Ohio, Southern Illinois and SE Missouri.
Within that slight risk area is a moderate risk for Western Kentucky, Western Tennessee, extreme Eastern Arkansas, most of Mississippi and extreme West Alabama. Some of the Alabama communities that may be in that moderate risk area include Florence, Russellville, Hamilton, Demopolis and Livingston.
All of that may be adjusted with later updates in the early morning hours of Wednesday. We will watch and wait. This will probably be our last update for this evening, but we will awaken fresh and ready for whatever we are dealt with Wednesday.
Fortunately, we have plenty of coffee in house.
There were numerous reports of hail and wind damage today, but we do not know of any reports of significant structural damage. It was mostly trees and power lines down. For example, numerous trees were reported down across Lauderdale County in NW Alabama.
Around 5:30 pm, flash flooding was reported in Haleyville in Winston County with downtown traffic shut down.
Here is a selection of rainfall amounts from today's storms. In many places, most of this rain fell in about 2 hours.
0.94 in Center Point
2.61 in Bessemer (the largest total we have seen)
0.60 in Columbiana
1.42 in Hueytown/Concord in about 90 minutes
1.16 in downtown Tuscaloosa (County Courthouse)
1.42 at Riverchase (33/40 studios)
1.20 in Inverness
0.75 in South Trussville
2.00 in downtown Birmingham (Daniel Building)
1.56 in Helena
1.55 in Maylene/Alabaster
1.03 atop Mt. Cheaha
Now, we will probably have to fight severe weather again Wednesday. In fact, it could be a stronger version of it. The Storm Prediction Center has all of Alabama under a slight risk of severe weather for Wednesday. The slight risk also covers most of Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Western Ohio, Southern Illinois and SE Missouri.
Within that slight risk area is a moderate risk for Western Kentucky, Western Tennessee, extreme Eastern Arkansas, most of Mississippi and extreme West Alabama. Some of the Alabama communities that may be in that moderate risk area include Florence, Russellville, Hamilton, Demopolis and Livingston.
All of that may be adjusted with later updates in the early morning hours of Wednesday. We will watch and wait. This will probably be our last update for this evening, but we will awaken fresh and ready for whatever we are dealt with Wednesday.
Fortunately, we have plenty of coffee in house.
on May 9, 2006, 9:01 pm
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