Flash Flood Warning: Parts of Pickens County

Dangerous flooding situation over West Alabama tonight. Numerous roads closed. Rainfall amounts really starting to pile up.

Please don’t drive in the warning areas. Remember, turn around, don’t drown.

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 916 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES SINCE 6 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE LIKELY THROUGH 1030 PM CDT.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
GORDO…REFORM AND BENEVOLA.



Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather