THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA... WESTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER SOME AREAS WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE ENXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HALEYVILLE...LYNN...WINFIELD...ASHBANK...ASHRIDGE...BRILLIANT... BRINN...DOUBLE SPRINGS...GLEN ALLEN...GU-WIN...GUIN...HACKLEBURG... LAKE BUTTAHATCHEE...NEEDMORE AND WINSTON FREE STATE BARN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX LAT...LON 3430 8739 3400 8740 3400 8764 3391 8764 3392 8795 3402 8795 3402 8796 3432 8793 MC
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:41:43 +0000
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