Large Flash Flood Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA…
CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA…
EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST

* AT 709 PM CST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MULTIPLE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
SEVERAL REPORTS OF IMPASSABLE ROADS AND HIGH LEVELS ON AREA CREEKS
AND STREAMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT PARTS OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 AND 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
INTERSTATE 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 188.
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 210.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT…LON 3311 8523 3310 8642 3308 8653 3360 8653
3389 8634 3393 8632 3394 8637 3407 8632
3418 8619 3420 8584 3424 8584 3426 8577
3437 8563 3453 8552

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Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather