Flash Flood Warning: Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties

A dangerous situation is setting up across West Central Alabama from Tuscaloosa through Hale and Perry Counties, where very heavy rains have fallen and more continues to fall.

Three to five inches of rain has fallen according to Doppler radar estimates from northwestern Tuscaloosa County to just west of the city of Tuscaloosa through Hale and Perry Counties to near Marion.

Remember, turn around, don’t drown. Do not drive or walk into standing or flowing water.

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
654 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EXTREME NORTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE
PAST HOUR… AND UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY
OVER SOUTHERN TUSCALOOSA AND EXTREME NORTHERN HALE COUNTIES
THROUGH 1000 PM CDT.



Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather