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Fay dumps several inches of rain on region |
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 |
 Paul Sims/SDN A Chevrolet SUV splashes through a puddle of standing water at the intersection of Whitfield Street and Avenue of Patriots during a lull in Monday’s rainfall, which reached heavy proportions at times, as the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay plodded through Mississippi. On Monday afternoon, National Weather Service forecasters expected rain to continue in the area through Wednesday. By BRIAN HAWKINS
Starkville Daily News
Tropical Depression Fay dumped several of inches of rain across Mississippi over the weekend and during the day Monday, but few problems were reported locally due to the storm.
Fay was forecast to have moved into northern Alabama by this morning. The weather system — which had been downgraded from tropical storm status on Sunday — was forecast to continue weakening as it moved further inland.
Locals felt Fay’s soggy punch Saturday night, Sunday and Monday.
Rain gauges at the Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Office showed that 4.2 inches of rain had fallen over the weekend through 8 a.m. Monday.
Precipitation gauges at Mississippi State University recorded 4.85 inches rainfall through 4 p.m. Monday, according to data posted on the National Weather Service Web site.
Oktibbeha County remained under flash flood warnings through much of the day Monday, emergency management officials said.
The storm did cause some minor flooding in some areas, officials said. A section of Old West Point Road near Summertree Road was under water Monday, and the heavy influx of water from the often-torrential rainfall resulted in a sewer line the Carver Drive area backed up, city officials said.
Trees were reported down on Camp Seminole Road and on Maben-Sturgis Road, with the latter completely blocking vehicular traffic until crews removed it, officials said.
The weather did result in a few false alarm calls for Starkville firefighters on Sunday, but otherwise caused no problems.
Both the Starkville Police Department and Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department reported no weather-related problems.
“The fact that we haven’t seen some problems with the deluge that’s fallen at times is a little bit surprising,” said Starkville Police Chief David Lindley on Monday. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 August 2008 )
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