At 10:16 PM CDT, Doppler radar detected thunderstorms producing heavy rain in these areas, with between 2 and 5 inches of rain already fallen. Flash flooding is currently ongoing or expected to start soon.
At 8:54 PM CDT, emergency management reported that recent heavy rainfall has caused water to cover a bridge on County Road 703 in Cullman County. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen, and flash flooding is either ongoing or expected to begin soon.
As of 8:51 PM CDT, thunderstorms have been causing heavy rain across these areas, with reports of flash flooding already in Moulton and Cullman. The rainfall is expected to continue at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, with additional amounts of 1 to 2 inches possible. Flash flooding is either ongoing or expected to start soon.
The EMA director for Blount County. David Horton, stated that, “Some of these trees are showing signs of a possible tornado. First responders on scene are stating a few of these trees in the Locust Fork/Cleveland area are twisted.”
For the rest of the night, there’s a good chance of flash flooding due to heavy rain continuing in some areas. Recently, certain spots have already received 1 to 3 inches of rain over the past six hours, and more rain is expected.
In this update, we look at the situation in parts of North Central Alabama and review the latest discussion from the WPC on how much longer we will be dealing with heavy rain!
Radar now estimating 2-4 inches of rain has fallen from this nearly stationary storm.
We are finishing off our week here in Alabama on a very active note. Have several flash flood warnings and flood advisories that continues across parts of the northern and central parts of the state. Some of these storms are producing rainfall rates of 1-3″+ per hour and this is on top of a few inches already bring the risk of flooding. In addition, some of the storms are packing a punch with strong winds to 40-50 mph and small hail.
640pm Update: It continues to be a very active go of it across portions of Northern and Central Alabama with storms dumping a lot of rain in a short amount of time. The latest Flash Flood Warning gets into SW Blount and North Central Jefferson County were an estimated 2-3″+ of rain has fallen.
Between 1-2″ of rain has fallen, another 1-2″ could start to bring in some problems with minor flooding.
Storm packing a punch over Cullman County. It is moving northeast along around 25 mph. This is a part of the training line of storms that is also bringing the potential for isolated flooding.
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This warning includes parts of I-65, Decatur and Cullman. Please be weather aware as you are heading out this Friday evening.
The heavier storms are moving more into Morgan and Cullman Counties but still some residual flooding in place for parts of Colbert, Franklin and Lawrence Counties.
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