8 pm Regional Update
ALABAMA
At 8 o’clock tonight, showers continued mainly over Extreme North and NE Alabama. They were light to moderate. Earlier there were some heavy showers mixed in. They were moving east.
Some more showers over SW Alabama.
A big part of West Central Alabama was getting a break from the rain. Places like Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Fayette, Greensboro and Livingston. That break in showers may last for hours.
Here in Central Alabama our main showers and thunderstorms will be tomorrow. All of Alabama is under a “slight risk” of severe weather tomorrow according to the NWS Storm Prediction Center.
REGIONAL
Very powerful thunderstorms occurred over SE Louisiana late this afternoon producing winds as high as 70 mph. There was also torrents of rain. Livingston, La., got 5 inches of rain in only one hour and 20 minutes. In NW Louisiana, Shreveport has received 11.24 inches of rain in the last two weeks including over 10 inches in the last 24 hours. Widespread major flash flooding occurred there today. Water was up to car windows and numerous roads were under water. Look at these rain rates in Shreveport today:
2.00 inches in only 20 minutes
2.75 in 30 minutes
4.65 in one hour
6.29 in 90 minutes
Shreveport got a break this afternoon.
NWS/Jackson posted a Flash Flood Watch for much of Mississippi.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Is there a time frame for when these storms may be coming through?
May 15th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Hey JB:
It’s REALLY storming here in NW Mobile county where I work. I’m estimating about 2″ of rain in the past hour. Vivid lightning and high winds. Looks like more off to the west. I see T-Storm and Tornado warnings in SE Mississippi. Fun day.