Areal Flood Advisory

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
154 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

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LAMAR AL-WINSTON AL-MARION AL-
154 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAMILTON…
WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…LYNN…HALEYVILLE…ARLEY…
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VERNON…SULLIGENT…

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* HEAVY RAINFALL FROM PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN
ALABAMA HAS PRODUCED RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES IN AREAS
ACROSS LAMAR…MARION…AND WINSTON COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS
ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN
AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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