A flash flood warning has been issued for the Montgomery area.
Over an inch of rain has fallen in the past hour and tropical showers are lined up to the south southwest ready to train over the metro.
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
554 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 553 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
TROPICAL SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN AND MORE RAIN IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING AS A RAIN BAND REMAINS OVER THE AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MILLBROOK…MONTGOMERY…WETUMPKA…AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN
MONTGOMERY…BLUE RIDGE…BOB WOODRUFF LAKE…BOYLSTON…COOSADA…
DANNELLY FIELD…DEXTER…ELMORE…HOPE HULL…HUNTER…MONTGOMERY
ZOO…PINEDALE…SANTUCK…TEN CEDAR ESTATES…WEOKA MILLS AND
WOODCREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
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TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3227 8645 3241 8642 3241 8641 3244 8642
3269 8636 3268 8606 3225 8616
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