Up to 15 inches of rain has fallen in areas west and northwest of Houston this morning.
Houston’s Intercontinental Airport had already broken their rainfall record for April 18…by 5:20 a.m.!
And even more amazing: it also established a new monthly record for any date in April!
8.85 inches had fallen at of 5:20 a.m.
9.39 is the current total for the day.
3.91 inches fell between midnight and 1 a.m. with another 3.19 inches between 4 – 5 a.m.
1.03 inches fell in just ELEVEN minutes between 4:34-4:45 a.m.
There are big delays at Intercontinental and Hobby, which of course impacts Birmingham flights as those are Southwest and United hubs.
An additional 3-4 inches of rain is possible today.
from The Alabama Weather Blog http://ift.tt/1Sgk9dU
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