Parts of Sumter County have now picked up nearly four inches of rain and persistent moderate to heavy rains will be moving across the area over the next couple of hours.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 1113 AM CST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN
CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS RAIN WILL BE
FALLING ON AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THREE TO FOUR INCHES
OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS
AND ROADWAYS ACROSS THE AREA…ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE
AREAS NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
LIVINGSTON…YORK…CUBA…GAINESVILLE…EPES…EMELLE…
BLUFFPORT…PANOLA…COATOPA…KINTERBISH…THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST
ALABAMA…DUG HILL…BOYD…GEIGER…WARSAW…PAYNEVILLE…WARD…
BELMONT…MCDOWELL AND BELLAMY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT…LON 3299 8834 3299 8817 3292 8821 3283 8818
3279 8806 3277 8811 3269 8812 3269 8804
3263 8808 3259 8806 3263 8793 3261 8784
3260 8790 3252 8784 3252 8791 3242 8804
3238 8804 3231 8793 3231 8842
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