Heavy to excessive rainfall may lead to flooding today over southwest Pennsylvania into northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening in the Mid-South and across Eastern North Carolina. An extended period of hot weather is forecast for parts of coastal southern California including Los Angeles from today through Thursday. Read More >
Wind and Hail Event
Click here to see more details about the severe weather reports received. Claysville Damage (Marshall County, AL)
Some of these severe storms produced up to golfball size hail and very damaging winds. The worst of this microburst wind damage occurred in the Claysville community near Guntersville. A formal storm survey was completed on this damage and found to be produced by microburst winds between 80 and 100 mph. Click here to see the public information statement concerning this damage. Below is an image of damage looked at during this survey.
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Needed Rainfall Also Fell In Some Locations!!
Despite the severe weather, some good did come from the scattered storms on July 1st. Some locations, especially in Marshall, Dekalb and Marshall counties in northeastern Alabama received 1 to 3 inches of needed rainfall. A good portion of western Lawrence county also received 1 to 2 inches of needed rainfall. |