Flash Flood Warning for Jefferson County

Bill Murray | July 21, 2013 @ 9:05 pm

Much of the warning area has received over an inch of rain this weekend, with many areas getting between 2-5 inches.

Earlier storms produced significant flash flooding in parts of the Birmingham area, especially around Mountain Brook and in the Northside and Southside areas. More flooding will be likely with any heavy rain.

The storm is weakening, as evidenced by this radar image (left side reflectivity) and the storm total rainfall since early yesterday on right.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 857 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY. THIS
RAINFALL IS IN ADDITION TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT CAUSED
SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY EARLIER IN THE
AFTERNOON.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather

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