Sarah Chase / TPI Ava Butler shares her experience creating her art piece at the Nov. 10 Tallapoosa County Board of Education school baord meeting after being recognized.
Horseshoe Bend School eighth grader Ava Butler submitted an art piece so out of this world it gets to go to space.
Butler participated in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program’s mission 20 art contest. Central Alabama Community College was selected for SSEP’s mission 20 that will launch in April 2026 to the International Space Station and back. Accompanying CACC’s experiment for the mission will be Butler’s artwork embroidered on the astronauts’ suits.
Sarah Chase / TPI Ava Butler shares her experience creating her art piece at the Nov. 10 Tallapoosa County Board of Education school baord meeting after being recognized.
.Widespread showers and storms are expected to develop once again
today along a stalled frontal boundary draped across Central
Alabama. High confidence exists for slow-moving storms capable of
producing very heavy rainfall on top of already saturated soils for
locations within the watch area.
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall on top of already
saturated soil conditions is possible.
* WHERE...A portion of central Alabama, including the following
counties, Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton,
Clay, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson,
Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens,
Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega,
Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa and Walker.
* WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Area creeks
and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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