The warning for Cullman County was canceled as the storm moved out of the county and weakened.
The storm over eastern walker County has prompted a significant weather alert…
WWUS84 KBMX 092255
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
555 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
ALZ015-017-024-092345-
BLOUNT-JEFFERSON-WALKER-
555 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BLOUNT…JEFFERSON AND WALKER
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT…
AT 552 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYNNS PARK…OR 7 MILES EAST OF JASPER…MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL…WINDS UP TO 30 MPH…AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE…
LYNNS PARK.
SIPSEY.
DORA.
EMPIRE.
ARKADELPHIA.
PARTRIDGE CROSSROADS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO…OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Also, the heavy rains have prompted an areal flood advisory for Walker and Winston Counties. Some two inch rainfall amounts were observed from this cluster of storms.
WGUS84 KBMX 092311
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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
611 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
ALC127-133-100215-
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WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
611 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…SUMITON…JASPER…DORA…CORDOVA…
CARBON HILL…
SOUTHERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…LYNN…ARLEY…
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 609 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA…WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH
POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.
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