LATE REPORT AT 2:40
Local Storm Report by NWS BMX: 3 NNE Warrior [Blount Co, AL] emergency mngr reports FLASH FLOOD at 02:30 PM CDT — emergency manager reported flash flooding in West Blount County. several roads were impassable. flash flooding is ongoing.
ORIGINAL POST
Widespread 1/5 to 4 inch rainfall amounts have fallen across parts of Jefferson, Blount and St. Clair Counties oday. FLooding has been reported in the Hayden area, with some of the heaviest amounts between Warrior and Locust Fork.
With all of the recent rains, flash flooding is occurring quickly. Moderate rainfall continues over all of the flash flood warning area and will for a little while longer.
Flooding is being reported in and around downtown Trussville as well.
Remember, turn around, don’t drown.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 229 PM CDT…SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONITNUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN
POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CLEVELAND…GARDENDALE…MOODY…ODENVILLE…ONEONTA…
SPRINGVILLE…TRUSSVILLE…ALLGOOD…ARGO…ASHVILLE…BALD ROCK…
BANGOR…BLOUNT SPRINGS…BRANCHVILLE…CENTER POINT…
CHALKVILLE…CLAY…COUNTY LINE…DALLAS…FAIRVIEW…HAYDEN…
KIMBERLY…LOCUST FORK…MARGARET…MORRIS…NECTAR…PINSON…
ROSA…TRAFFORD AND WARRIOR.
SEVERAL ROADS HAVE MOVED FROM GENERAL NUISANCE FLOODING INTO A
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION…WHICH THE ROADS ARE NOW
IMPASSABLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. RAINFALL FROM PERSISTENT RAINBANDS
WILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREETS. MANY
ROADS WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND DRIVING IS NOT RECOMMENDED
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
