Monsoonal moisture will produce showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain over parts of the Southwest, Great Basin, and Central Rockies through Monday. Flash flooding is possible, especially in and around burn scars and in areas of steep terrain. Heat will persist across the Central U.S. early this week, spreading into the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic later this week. Read More >
| PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1145 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2003 ...THE LONG STRETCH OF RAIN IS FINALLY OVER... THREE WEEKS OF OFF AND ON RAINFALL HAVE FINALLY COME TO A CLOSE. THE CURRENT TOTAL OF 10.37 INCHES MAKES MAY 2003 THE WETTEST MONTH IN HUNTSVILLE SINCE JUNE 1992...WHEN 10.59 INCHES FELL. THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR MAY IS 11.88 INCHES...SET IN 1983. CURRENTLY 2003 IS THE SECOND WETTEST MAY ON RECORD. IN MUSCLE SHOALS...THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR IS 10.89 INCHES. THIS IS THE WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD SINCE JUNE 1992...WHEN 11.67 INCHES FELL. THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR MAY IS 11.86 INCHES...SET IN 1983. CURRENTLY 2003 REMAINS THE FOURTH WETTEST MAY ON RECORD. THE BIGGEST RAIN EVENT OF THE MONTH WAS THE MAY 4TH-8TH EVENT...WHICH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE HUNTSVILLE AREA. FOLLOWING ARE SOME UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTALS FROM MADISON COUNTY STATIONS:
Additional rainfall totals will be posted on our website at the end of the month! |
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