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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
229 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 830 AM CST
* AT 226 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW ONE TO TWO INCHES..WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE INCHES…HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA
BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ALICEVILLE…ARLEY…CARBON HILL…CARROLLTON…CORDOVA…DORA…
FAYETTE…GORDO…HALEYVILLE…HAMILTON…JASPER…LYNN…
MILLPORT…PICKENSVILLE…REFORM…SULLIGENT…SUMITON…VERNON…
WINFIELD…ADDISON…ASHBANK…ASHCRAFT CORNER…ASHRIDGE…
BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM…BANKSTON…BEAVERTON…BEDFORD…BELK…
BELOIT AND BENEVOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 830 AM TODAY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3432 8817 3431 8712 3394 8710 3389 8708
3389 8700 3384 8696 3369 8703 3360 8719
3355 8719 3347 8734 3346 8732 3333 8757
3304 8783 3315 8784 3305 8804 3305 8814
3299 8817 3299 8835
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