Flash Flood Warning for Lamar County

| March 8, 2011 @ 1:49 pm | Reply

The NWS has issued a flash flood warning for Lamar County until 7 p.m. The ground is already saturated and additional heavy rain is moving into the county. See the warning below.

This is just the beginning of a heavy rain event.

The HPC now says that there is a slight to moderate chance that rainfall will exceed flash flood guidance over much of the northwestern two thirds of Alabama between now and Wednesday night.

Here is the two day rainfall forecast. It shows widespread 1.5-2 inch rainfall amounts across much of Alabama with a large area of 2.5-4 inch amounts over West and Southwest Alabama.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
149 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 146 PM CST…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED LOCAL CREEKS AND
STREAMS ALREADY AT OR OVER BANK FULL FROM HEAVY RAIN LAST WEEKEND.
FLOODING OF RURAL ROADS NEAR STREAMS SUCH AS CUT BANK STREAM CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF FLOOD
PRONE AREAS SUCH AS VERNON AND SULLIGENT ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MILLPORT…SULLIGENT…VERNON…BEAVERTON…BEDFORD…BLOOMING
GROVE…CREWS…DETROIT…KENNEDY AND LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW 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.

LAT…LON 3382 8825 3405 8821 3406 8820 3406 8799
3403 8798 3402 8795 3354 8794 3353 8812
3354 8813 3354 8827

$$

GOGGINS



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