Flash Flood Warning Greene/Pickens/Sumter until 9PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 610 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE WARNING
AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN AN ALREADY
SATURATED AREA ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ALICEVILLE…CARROLLTON…CUBA…EUTAW…GORDO…LIVINGSTON…
PICKENSVILLE…REFORM…YORK…ALLISON…BENEVOLA…BEVILL LOCK AND
DAM…BLUFFPORT…BOLIGEE…BOYD…EMELLE…EPES…ETHELSVILLE…
FORKLAND…GAINESVILLE…GARDEN…JENA…KNOXVILLE…MANTUA…
MCMULLEN…NEW WEST GREENE…PANOLA…THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST
ALABAMA…THORNHILL AND TISHABEE.

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather