Flash Flood Warning for Parts of Tuscaloosa County Until 1245 pm
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT.
* AT 1047 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD…FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE…RADAR.
IMPACT…FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE…
TUSCALOOSA, NORTHPORT, HOLT, BROOKWOOD, COALING, COKER, TUSCALOOSA
AMPHITHEATER, BRYANT DENNY STADIUM, TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AIRPORT,
UNIVERSITY MALL, MCFARLAND MALL, SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK, DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS, BINION CREEK
LANDING, SAMANTHA, LAKE WILDWOOD, OLIVER LOCK AND DAM, STILLMAN
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA QUAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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