THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 954 AM CDT…SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE CAUSING FLOODING ISSUES IN CENTRAL SUMTER
COUNTY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL HAVE INDICATED THAT SOME
ROADS IN AND AROUND LIVINGSTON COULD BECOME IMPASSIBLE OVER THE NEXT
HOUR. ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ENCOUNTER
AREAS OF FLOODING ACROSS ROADWAYS…TURN AROUND AND DON’T DROWN.
NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT…THEN CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CUBA…LIVINGSTON…YORK…BLUFFPORT…BOYD…COATOPA…DUG HILL…
EMELLE…EPES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOODING IS OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE UNTIL WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IMPROVE
LATER. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
