Category: Flooding

Flash Flood Progress Report

19 August, 2010 (19:57) | Flooding | No comments

NWS continues the Flash Flood Warning in Clay, Coosa and Talladega County until 9 pm. At 7:55 pm, the heavier showers had shifted NE to these locations: …..Near Anniston …..Northeast corner of Clay County …..South Cherokee County Moving east. * At 6:10 pm, Sylacauga Police reported that small pieces of the roof of Sylacauga High [...]

Flash Flood Warning

19 August, 2010 (18:14) | Flooding | No comments

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 608 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… NORTHERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WEOGUFKA…STEWARTVILLE… GOODWATER… SOUTHWESTERN [...]

A Tropical Downpour

19 August, 2010 (18:12) | Flooding | No comments

It is not the only shower or thunderstorm in the state Not even the only heavy shower …and not the only thunderstorm But for a change, lets zoom in on the heaviest one in the entire state and mention some small communities that rarely get mentioned.. It is in an east-west position right along the [...]

Late Afternoon in Alabama

19 August, 2010 (17:08) | Flooding | 1 comment

So far, not a great number of showers and thunderstorms for Extreme North Alabama. However, at 5 pm, there was a line or row of thunderstorms from about Sylacauga southward to Montgomery and all the way down to Pensacola. Considerable lightning and locally heavy rain. Movement toward the northeast. NWS/Birmingham has issued an Areal Flood [...]

Major Flooding NE Alabama

17 August, 2010 (11:38) | Flooding | No comments

Persistent strong thunderstorms that hung around for hours has brought major flash-flooding in the Extreme NE part of Alabama, especially Jackson County including the Scottsboro area. Thanks to Andy Kula, forecaster at NWS, Huntsville for compiling this very complete list: PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1128 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 [...]

Persistent Storms

17 August, 2010 (10:01) | Flooding | No comments

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 941 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA… * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 940 AM CDT…NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF [...]

At The Midnight Hour

17 August, 2010 (00:03) | Flooding | 8 comments

We have a noisy thunderstorm that just don’t want to quit late tonight. At the ghostly hour of midnight it was centered along the Shelby/St. Clair County line. It was crossing I-20 near Leeds and headed toward the NW into East Jefferson, It will dump heavy rain in places like Trussville and even into the [...]

Flash Flood Followup

16 August, 2010 (23:29) | Flooding | No comments

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1122 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 ETOWAH AL- 1122 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 …A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY… AT 1118 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER [...]

Flash Flood Warning

16 August, 2010 (22:35) | Flooding | No comments

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1022 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… EAST CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA… * UNTIL 115 AM CDT * AT 1019 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED [...]

8:15 pm Quick Notes

16 August, 2010 (20:17) | Flooding, Forecast Discussion | No comments

* Storms over NW Alabama have weakened. These were the ones that prompted an earlier Flash Flood Warning for Lamar and Marion County. * Flash Flood Warning continues until 9 pm for Marshall County in NE Alabama. * A small but intense storm formed over SW Jefferson County this evening dumping very heavy rain. In [...]