Flash Flood Warning : Montgomery Metro

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
825 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
SOUTHWESTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA SINCE 6 PM….AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MILLBROOK…MONTGOMERY…PRATTVILLE…AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN
MONTGOMERY…AUTAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT…AUTAUGAVILLE…BLUE RIDGE…
BOB WOODRUFF LAKE…BOYLSTON…CANTELOUS…COOSADA…DANNELLY
FIELD…HOPE HULL…HUNTER…LOWNDESBORO…MONTGOMERY ZOO…
PINEDALE…WHITE HALL AND WOODCREST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

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

LAT…LON 3251 8617 3228 8615 3225 8675 3247 8678

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