FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
228 AM CST WED MAR 10 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
THESE COUNTIES
* UNTIL 530 AM CST
Bibb, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Greene, Hale, Perry, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Walker
* AT 227 AM CST HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WAS
FALLING ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
