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Possible Additional Flooding

| January 10, 2009 @ 6:13 pm | 1 Reply

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
608 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009

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608 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EAST CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…SUMITON…DORA…CORDOVA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 607 PM CST HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.

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