Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1257 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017
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Lamar AL-
1257 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Poor Drainage Areas
for…
Lamar County in west central Alabama…
* Until 300 PM CDT
* At 1255 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain moving across the area. One to two inches of rain is
possible during the next hour. This will cause urban and small
stream flooding…especially on streets and roadways in low-lying
flood prone areas with poor drainage or near small creeks and
streams.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Vernon, Sulligent, Millport, Kennedy, Detroit, Beaverton, Blooming
Grove, Lamar County Airport, Crews, Bedford, Gattman, Cody, Henson
Springs, Lamar County Public Lake, Star, Pine Springs, Hightogy and
Melborne.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
