Flash Flood Warning Montgomery County until 7:30PM

An intense summertime thunderstorm has dropped very heavy rain across the city of Montgomery. Numerous reports of streets flooding across the city as some areas have received more than two inches of rain in a short amount of time. This warning does include the Capitol and will be impacting surface streets as well as Interstate 65 & 85 as well as Highways 80, 82, 231 & 331

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 441 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN AND
AROUND MONTGOMERY OVER THE LAST HALF HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MONTGOMERY…ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL…ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY…
AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN MONTGOMERY…BOYLSTON…DANNELLY FIELD…
EASTDALE MALL…GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE…HOPE HULL…HYUNDAI MOTORS
OF ALABAMA…LAGOON PARK…MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE…MONTGOMERY
RIVERWALK STADIUM…MONTGOMERY ZOO…MOUNT MEIGS…PIKE ROAD…
PINEDALE…SNOWDOUN…WAUGH AND WOODCREST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. RAINFALL FROM PERSISTENT RAINBANDS
WILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREETS. MANY
ROADS WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND DRIVING IS NOT RECOMMENDED
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather