For our friends in western Birmingham: Village Creek at Avenue W will crest shortly at 10 feet. This will cause minor flooding. A flash flood warning is already in effect. The good news is that the heavier rain is south of the Ensley area.
Much of the warning area has received over an inch of rain this weekend, with many areas getting between 2-5 inches. Earlier storms produced significant flash flooding in parts of the Birmingham area, especially around Mountain Brook and in the Northside and Southside areas. More flooding will be likely with any heavy rain. The storm […]
The storms over West Central Alabama are producing torrential rains and tremendous lightning. Richard Viola reports that the lightning to the west of Lake View toward Tuscaloosa is very impressive. They are moving generally east northeast, but they seem to be backbuilding into the northern part of the Birmingham Metro area. Hopefully they will stay […]
Very strong storms are over West Central Alabama at this hour. The strongest ones cover much of Fayette County. One hour rainfall rates are approachign three inches east of Fayette. They are moving northeast toward Walker County. Others are over southern Walker County near Gorgas, moving northeast toward Dora and Sumiton. More storms are between […]
It certainly remains a very busy evening for weather across Central Alabama. A strong complex of storms moved through the Birmingham Metro producing flash flooding in numerous locations. That complex of storms continues to move east along Interstate 20. Torrential rain is falling from Leeds through Pell City and into Anniston/Oxford. Rainfall is adding up […]
Two rounds of heavy rian have caused serious flooding issues, especially on Birmingham’s Northside, Southside and in the Homewood/Mountain Brook areas. Here is a picture from Canterbury Methodist Church in Mountain Brook from Robert Rex Record @robertrexrecord: Richard Viola reports Birmingham Fire working a water rescue at University and Clairmont. Fire is asking UAB police […]
2.38 inches of rain at the Birmingham Airport through 6:38, including 0.86 inches in the last 45 minutes and 0.16 inches in just two minutes. And it was till raining heavily. The storm in the Birmingham area has really weakened, which is good news. But we do have a report of a water rescue going […]
More intense thunderstorms are moving into the Birmingham Metro area now, even as a strong storm that produced flooding and uprooted/snapped trees in Mountain Book moves toward Leeds. Here is the radar: Be alert for flooding rains, deadly lightning and winds that may gust briefly to severe limits. Here is the big picture:
MORE REPORTS 5:47 house on Briarcliff Rd on a possible house fire. Residence reporting lightning struck house & house filling with smoke. Heavy flooding near Mountain Brook Village at Cahaba Road and Lane Park Road. One car is stalled in standing water. LATE REPORT 5:42 John Talbot reports Mtn Brook pd dispatch reporting they have […]
We are still seeing strong storms across the Alabama landscape this afternoon. Storms have been pulsing up and down in intensity today and over the last few radar scans we have seen several storms pulse up. The most intense storms currently are affecting Walker, Winston and Coosa Counties. We are beginning to see some storms […]
As Ryan has noted in his updates, the radar became alive once again this afternoon as showers and thunderstorms developed as we reached our convective temperature of 85 degrees. While showers were numerous, not everyone will get rain. If you are one of the fortunate ones to see rain at your location, you could receive […]
A quick look around Central Alabama still shows widespread scattered showers and thunderstorms ongoing in many areas. Today’s activity is moving from west to east across the state, something we haven’t seen in a while. Currently, the more intense storms have moved into eastern areas of the state. Portions of Talladega, Clay and Randolph Counties […]
This afternoon is certainly starting off with an active radar across much of Alabama. Abundant moisture in the atmosphere is providing ample fuel for showers and thunderstorms across the state. As expected today, this convection is more widespread than what we saw on Saturday, and will continue to expand through out the afternoon. Storms today […]
Strong storms are rumbling from Gadsden down to Rainbow City and Southside at this hour. They are accompanied by heavy rain, gusty winds and lightning. They will push east northeast toward Glencoe and Hokes Bluff.
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