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Areal Flood Advisory

| December 30, 2015 @ 9:49 am

The NWS in Birmingham has issued an areal flood advisory for all or parts of Pike and Barbour counties until 12:30 pm. Rain, heavy at times, will be moving across the warned area creating flooding issues due to the already saturated soils. Full text of the warning message along with a map of the warned area with current radar are below.

-Brian-

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000
WGUS84 KBMX 301536
FLSBMX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
936 AM CST WED DEC 30 2015

ALC005-109-301830-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FA.Y.0113.151230T1536Z-151230T1830Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE AL-BARBOUR AL-
936 AM CST WED DEC 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 932 AM CST...HEAVY SHOWERS WITH A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  SLOWLY MOVING OVER THE AREA. MOST OF THE AREA IS SATURATED FROM
  THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST WEEK. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING
  IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BRUNDIDGE...CLIO...CLAYTON...LOUISVILLE...TEXASVILLE... WHITE
  OAK...SPRING HILL...TYLER CROSSROADS...GAINO... BOOT
  HILL...COMER...RICHARDS CROSSROADS...HAWKINSVILLE...BLUE SPRINGS
  STATE PARK AND JOSIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED...OR
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.
IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES
AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3169 8581 3188 8577 3188 8566 3200 8559
      3201 8543 3214 8543 3215 8526 3206 8519
      3206 8506 3197 8506 3196 8509 3190 8511
      3189 8513 3177 8514 3174 8520 3170 8522
      3171 8541 3162 8542 3162 8584

$$

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather

About the Author ()

Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.

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