Flash Flood Warning–Lamar

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
244 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VERNON…SULLIGENT…MILLPORT…

* UNTIL 545 AM CST

* AT 236 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAMAR
COUNTY AIRPORT…DETROIT…CREWS…BLOOMING GROVE…BEDFORD AND
BEAVERTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

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