BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1234 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EUFAULA…
BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…UNION SPRINGS…MIDWAY…
* UNTIL 330 PM CST
* AT 1231 PM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MIDWAY…MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER ALREADY SATURATED
SOILS…PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GAINO…COMER…WHITE OAK…SPRING HILL…OSCO…HAWKINSVILLE AND
LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
