A slow-moving section of rain left parts of Montgomery flooded this morning. The flash flooding was concentrated mainly in an area of Cloverdale and extended northward toward Prattville. These images are from Cloverdale, where the water was a few inches deep over intersections, yards and other low-lying areas. Stay with Alabama News Network and the Weather Authority for updates on…
Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Dept. of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington have announced that Alabama’s May unemployment rate has fallen to 4.9%, the lowest rate since March 2008. May’s rate represents 107,364 unemployed persons. “Over the past three months, our unemployment rate has fallen by an impressive 1.3 percentage points. May’s figures represent the lowest unemployment rate in more than…
TODAY & THE WEEKEND: Little to no change in the overall weather pattern is expected as the very warm and humid air mass will remain in place. We are going to leave rain chances in the forecast for these days and the greatest coverage of rain and storms will come during the afternoon and evening hours. There is no way…
STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY: Today will feature a mix of sun and clouds with a highs around the 90° mark. We are going to see more numerous showers and storms later this afternoon and the SPC has a severe weather risk defined for about the northern two-thirds of Alabama. This morning we are watching an area of storms northwest…
The weather won’t change much across Alabama; partly sunny, very warm, and very humid with a few afternoon showers and storms in random, scattered spots. For Thursday and Friday, moisture will increase, the air will be a bit more unstable, and we expect a general increase in the number of showers and storms on these two days. Still, they will…
Through Friday, expect a mix of sun and clouds each day and also each day we are going to have scattered showers and storms across the entire state. A shower will certainly be possible at any time with the moisture-rich air mass in place, but the greatest coverage will come during the peak heating of the day, during the afternoon…
The Prattville Police Dept. has released more information about a domestic violence shooting that left a police sergeant injured. At a news conference this afternoon, police officials said Sgt. Donnie Martin was the one who was hit by a gunshot last Thursday. Officers identified 44-year-old William Jerrett Carrico as the suspected shooter. Police say at around 1:43 p.m., they responded…
OUR WEATHER SETUP: An area of high pressure is centered to the east of Alabama. The clockwise flow around the high means southerly winds and increasing moisture levels. As humidity levels increase, so will out rain chances for the week ahead. For Monday through Friday, expect a mix of sun and clouds each day. Also each day we are going…
FINE-LOOKING FRIDAY: Expect tons of sunshine today and after another cool, yet refreshing start, with most spots in the lower 60s, we are going to be a bit warmer as highs should make it into the upper 80s. There is no threat of rain today. WARM WEEKEND WEATHER: Little change in the forecast for the weekend. Both Saturday and Sunday…
Alabama News Network is on the scene in Prattville, where we have confirmed that a police officer was shot during a domestic violence call on Patrick Street this afternoon. Police Chief Mark Thompson told Alabama News Network that the officer was shot once in the upper chest. He was wearing a bulletproof vest and suffered minor injuries. Thompson says the…
