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Rainfall Totals Impact Cotton Crops in Dallas Co.

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From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Dallas County cotton farmer says above average rainfall totals this year is affecting his crops. Cotton farmer Roy Moore says he’s had to deal with a lot of wet weather on his farm this year. Weather officials rain totals for this time of year are 23 inches higher than normal. Moore says cotton plants…

Rainfall Didn’t End Alabama Drought

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Weather experts say storms that dumped as much as 5 inches of rain on Alabama didn’t end the drought. National Weather Service statistics show as much as 5 inches of rain fell near the geographic center of the state along the Shelby-Chilton county line. Much of central Alabama got 2 inches of rain, and nearly the entire northern half of…