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Rain Increasing

| July 6, 2013 @ 6:23 am

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For this event, it has been all about where the heavy rainbands have set up. If you were under one, you could see 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour. Just outside them, you might get a tenth of an inch. So it has ben generally feast or famine. The Birmingham Airport has seen only .39 inches through midnight since Tuesday.

But since 2 a.m., 0.59 inches has fallen and more is now on the way.

Rain has been increasing this morning in an area from Marion and Brent to the Birmingham Metro to Oneonta and Gadsden then up into Marshall County. It is raining heavily now from the Calera area up to Trussville and Clay. So it looks like the area that has been in between the heavy rain to the northwest and the heavy rain to the southeast may get the best soaking today.

NOTE: An 18 wheeler has reportedly jackknifed at the Airport Exit on I-59 southbound, blocking the three left lanes, so traffic will be difficult in that area. Seems that is about the third major accident in that area in the last week.

The upper trough has concentrated into an upper low over Missouri and Arkansas this morning. Stronger winds aloft developed overnight on the eastern side of this low. This is providing extra lift over North and Central Alabama this morning. Plus, the low is on the move to the east and with the southeasterly flow around the high off the Atlantic Coast, convergence has increased across the middle of the state.

Widespread showers and some thunder will be likely today. Heavy rain will fall in many areas, with flooding a possibility, especially if the rainfall trains over the same locations for extended periods. A flash flood watch remains in effect. Remember, turn around, don’t drown!

Category: Alabama's Weather

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