Areal Flood Advisory for Elmore, Lowndes, & Montgomery Counties Until 5:30 PM

Scott Martin | January 22, 2018 @ 3:37 pm

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
333 PM CST MON JAN 22 2018

ALC051-085-101-222330-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Elmore AL-Lowndes AL-Montgomery AL-
333 PM CST MON JAN 22 2018

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for…
Elmore County in east central Alabama…
Northeastern Lowndes County in south central Alabama…
Montgomery County in south central Alabama…

* Until 530 PM CST

* At 331 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain from
thundertorms moving across the area. One to one and a half inches
of rain has fallen during the past hour and up to another inch is
possible. This will cause urban and small stream flooding in the
advisory area…especially in low-lying flood prone areas with
poor drainage or near small creeks and streams.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Tallassee, Hayneville,
Pike Road, Elmore, Coosada, Eclectic, White Hall, Lowndesboro,
Hyundai Motors Of Alabama, Santuck, Auburn University In
Montgomery, Woodcrest, Snowdoun, Waugh, Dexter and Lagoon Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.