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Flash Flood Warning: Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker and Winston

| April 15, 2011 @ 1:11 pm | Reply

1.5 to 4 inches of rain has fallen across much of this area and more heavy rain is on the way.

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
110 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 107 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED RAIN AND
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. TWO
TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN…WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES
IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CARBON HILL…CORDOVA…DORA…FAYETTE…HALEYVILLE…
JASPER…WINFIELD…ADDISON…BERRY…BRILLIANT…DOUBLE
SPRINGS…AND GORGAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

LAT…LON 3431 8712 3394 8710 3389 8708 3389 8700
3384 8696 3380 8696 3377 8701 3366 8706
3360 8740 3362 8763 3359 8763 3358 8766
3356 8767 3353 8785 3353 8797 3396 8798
3432 8765

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