Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Yesterday's big rain event

J.B. Elliott provided his usual exhaustive list of rainfall totals over at Alabamawx.com this morning. Virtually the entire State of Alabama received rainfall yesterday in a system that seemed more like something we would see in mid-November than mid-August. I took the liberty of copying J.B.'s list and sorted it from highest to lowest rainfall totals.

3.91 Selma
2.74 Evergreen
2.45 Columbiana including 1.15 after 10 last night
2.40 Union Grove, North Chilton County 3 miles ENE of Jemison
2.40 Plantersville
2.38 Wadley
2.35 Livingston
2.21 Montgomery/Dannelly Field
2.18 Cottondale
2.11 Ashby in East Bibb County south of Montevallo
2.08 Coker in West Tuscaloosa County
2.02 Centreville
2.00 Demopolis Skycam
1.99 Jemison
1.93 Sylacauga
1.91 Clanton
1.90 Opelika
1.88 Tuscaloosa Airport
1.85 Ashland
1.81 Marion
1.78 Shelby County Airport (home of Birmingham NWS Office)
1.75 Northport
1.61 NE Trussville/Peppertree
1.55 Wilsonville
1.54 Shelby Shores (Lay Lake)
1.53 Demopolis Skycam
1.51 Alexander City
1.50 Hoover/Russett Woods
1.38 Odenville
1.36 Horseshoe Bend
1.32 Troy
1.32 Auburn
1.22 Hamilton
1.13 Helena
1.11 Red Bay
1.08 Pleasant Grove
1.02 Hueytown near High School
1.00 South Pinson/Carson-Red Hollow Road
1.00 Concord/Hueytown
0.99 NE Trussville/Old Mill Run
0.98 Pinson
0.97 Oneonta
0.93 Hoover/Spain Park
0.92 Cullman Agricultural Station
0.92 Childersburg
0.92 Bear Creek in NE Marion County
0.91 Talladega
0.91 South Hueytown
0.86 Mobile Regional Airport
0.84 Palmerdale
0.80 Clay/Pinson (Womack Road)
0.79 Meadowbrook
0.79 Jasper
0.75 Inverness Skywatcher
0.75 Gardendale
0.73 Dearmandville
0.71 Rainbow City
0.70 Vinemont
0.69 South Hueytown
0.69 Oxford
0.68 Roebuck in East Birmingham
0.64 Russellville Airport
0.64 Mobile/Brookley Field
0.60 Guntersville
0.58 Dothan (incomplete because heavy rain as late as 9 am today)
0.57 Birmingham Airport (EXCESS exactly one inch as of today!)
0.56 Cordova
0.55 Weaver
0.55 Trussville
0.51 Madison
0.50 Vigo east of Piedmont and home to an expert gardener
0.50 Crossville (the one in NE Alabama, not Lamar County)
0.48 Cullman Airport
0.47 Hodges
0.47 Harvest
0.42 Huntsville Airport
0.40 Scrougeout (High temp. 91 Monday but only 72 yesterday)
0.38 Muscle Shoals Airport (record cool high of 74 yesterday)
0.36 Noccalula Falls
0.35 Russellville Airport
0.35 Fyffe
0.35 Bankhead National Forest
0.34 Grove Oak
0.32 Guntersville Dam
0.31 Decatur Airport
0.31 Broomtown in Cherokee County
0.30 Athens Water Plant
0.28 Falkville
0.26 Wilson Dam
0.26 Huntsville/UAH (Home of NWS, Huntsville)
0.25 Moulton TVA
0.24 Huntsville/Alabama A&M University
0.22 Scottsboro Lakeside
0.20 Ft. Payne downtown
0.19 Courtland Airport
0.16 Town Creek
0.16 Henagar
0.16 Hazel Green
0.11 Meridianville
0.10 Mentone, atop beautiful Lookout Mountain
0.09 Valley Head Water Board
0.09 Flat Rock
0.08 Albertville
0.04 Widows Creek
0.04 Fort Payne Airport
0.02 Valley Head

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