Flood Advisory for Parts of Elmore, Montgomery Co. Until 9:30 pm
…FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST THIS EVENING…
* WHAT…URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE…A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ELMORE AND MONTGOMERY.
* WHEN…UNTIL 930 PM CST.
* IMPACTS…MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– AT 616 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING.
– SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MONTGOMERY, MILLBROOK, WETUMPKA, PIKE ROAD, COOSADA, EASTDALE
MALL, LAGOON PARK, GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE, AUBURN UNIVERSITY
IN MONTGOMERY, MONTGOMERY ZOO, BOYLSTON, ALABAMA STATE
UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL, PINEDALE, MONTGOMERY
RIVERWALK STADIUM, MOUNT MEIGS, BLUE RIDGE, BOB WOODRUFF
LAKE, EMERALD MOUNTAIN AND MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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