46 mph Wind Gust at the Birmingham Airport

Bill Murray | August 13, 2016 @ 4:15 pm

Showers and thunderstorms moving northward across Central Alabama are producing brief heavy rains, gusty winds and some lightning.

They are not severe, but did produce a wind gust to 46 mph at the Birmingham international Airport at 3:49 p.m.

Power is out in Hoover and parts of Vestavia.

At 4 p.m., the strongest storms were over northeastern Jefferson County from north of Garedndale to Pinson and over eastern Alabama over Coosa County near Rockford.

Everything is moving north at about 30 mph in the circulation around the low over Central Louisiana.

The flooding is devastating over southeastern Louisiana. Baton Rouge now has recorded their wettest year in history through August 12th with 61.47 inches. They have picked up 19.10 inches over the past two and a half days.

Category: Alabama's Weather

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Bill Murray is the President of The Weather Factory. He is the site's official weather historian and a weekend forecaster. He also anchors the site's severe weather coverage. Bill Murray is the proud holder of National Weather Association Digital Seal #0001 @wxhistorian