Flash Flood Warning : Sumter/Greene/Hale

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
204 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
WESTERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 201 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES SHOW ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE
PAST COUPLE OF HOURS…AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS
POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CUBA…DEMOPOLIS…EUTAW…LINDEN…LIVINGSTON…YORK…ALLISON…
BLUFFPORT…BOLIGEE…BOYD…CHICKASAW STATE PARK…COATOPA…
DIXONS MILL…DUG HILL…EMELLE…EPES…FORKLAND…GAINESVILLE…
JEFFERSON…KINTERBISH…MILLER…MYRTLEWOOD…NANAFALIA…NEW WEST
GREENE…PIN HOOK…PUTNAM…SHILOH…SURGINER…SWEET WATER AND
THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

&&

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

LAT…LON 3291 8836 3298 8793 3200 8764 3198 8767
3199 8811 3206 8812 3208 8805 3214 8805
3218 8801 3229 8803 3230 8801 3231 8843

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