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:
| STATION |
MAY 4 - 8 |
MONTH-TO-DATE
(through 7am 05/22) |
| Haden |
10.27 |
16.85 |
| Northeast Huntsville |
10.09 |
15.34 |
| Downtown Huntsville |
8.04 |
13.95 |
| Farley |
8.47 |
13.34 |
| South Huntsville |
7.46 |
12.76 |
| Fourmile Post Firehouse |
8.06 |
12.67 |
| Research Park / NSSTC |
6.57 |
12.56 |
| Northwest Huntsville |
5.27 |
11.32 |
| Old Hwy 20 / Madison |
5.76 |
10.84 |
| Ditto Landing |
6.24 |
9.60 |
Additional rainfall
totals will be posted on our website at the end of the month! |
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