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Areal Flood Advisory Issued For Parts of Barbour & Russell Counties Until 10:45 PM

| August 10, 2017 @ 7:57 pm

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
752 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

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Barbour AL-Russell AL-
752 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Flood Advisory for Minor Flooding in Poor Drainage Areas for…
Eastern Barbour County in southeastern Alabama…
Southwestern Russell County in southeastern Alabama…

* Until 1045 PM CDT

* At 752 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause minor flooding. Overflowing poor
drainage areas will result in minor flooding in the advisory area.
Up to one inch of rain has already fallen.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Eufaula, Hurtsboro, Hawkinsville, Spring Hill, Gaino, Comer, Osco,
Richards Crossroads, White Oak, Lakepoint Resort State Park,
Batesville, Twin Springs, Rutherford, Lugo, Baker Hill and
Scottsboro Crossroads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.

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