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As of 12:00 pm on this first day of December, and the first day of Meteorological Winter, skies have cleared out nicely across Central Alabama leaving us in total sunshine.
We’ll have improving conditions throughout the day today as rain moves out and clear skies return. Cooler temperatures move back in for the start of the workweek.
As we approach the midnight hour across North/Central Alabama, we continue to have a ragged line of showers and storms affecting the central and southwestern parts of the area, with another broken batch of storms up in the north-central and northeastern parts of the area.
At 1130 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Low Gap to near Arcola. Movement was east at 40 mph.
At 1115 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Johnston Lake, or 7 miles southwest of Gordo, moving east at 60 mph.
At 1104 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Knoxville to near Tishabee. Movement was east at 50 mph.
At 1052 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Mantua to near Epes to near Zero. Movement was east at 40 mph.
At 956 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain which will cause flooding. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen.
Bands of heavy showers and thunderstorms will continue to foster concerns for areal flooding and some flash flooding going through the overnight hours.
At 942 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Berry, or 12 miles southeast of Fayette, moving northeast at 75 mph.