Add Greene County to the list…
I count 16 Alabama counties under flash flood warning at this time.
A flash flood watch continues for all of Central Alabama until 7 a.m. Tuesday.
WGUS54 KBMX 051516
FFWBMX
ALC063-051800-
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1016 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 1013 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED AN AREA OF
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS…
AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
TWO HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
EUTAW…BOLIGEE……FORKLAND…JENA…KNOXVILLE…MANTUA… AND
WEST GREENE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3304 8814 3304 8805 3315 8784 3302 8784
3302 8771 3277 8787 3275 8781 3265 8774
3264 8781 3259 8774 3252 8782 3259 8790
3261 8784 3262 8786 3260 8806 3269 8804
3270 8811 3280 8806 3283 8818 3292 8821
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