Flooding starts early in Lamar County…and the NWS is getting ahead of the game.
Lots of tremendous rains are upstream as you can see on this two panel radar. The left side shows reflectivity, or precipitation echoes. The right side shows the storm rainfall over the county, which is already one to two inches.
Flooding is a big concern tonight with the potential for training echoes and a very moisture laden air mass being lifted efficiently by this system.
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
854 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 852 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO
LAMAR COUNTY FROM THE WEST. SOME AREAS COULD RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SEVERAL LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMSS
ARE ALREADY AT BANKFULL. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MILLPORT…SULLIGENT…VERNON…BEAVERTON…BEDFORD…BLOOMING
GROVE…CREWS…DETROIT…KENNEDY AND LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3405 8821 3406 8820 3406 8799 3403 8798
3402 8795 3353 8794 3354 8828
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