FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1027 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…RAINBOW CITY…GADSDEN…
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1026 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN
OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY
FALL DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS…PRODUCING FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS
AND LOW LYING PLACES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
