Flash Flood Warning: Sumter County

Radar estimates show storm total rainfalls of 8 inches or more over West Central Alabama’s Sumter County.

The thunderstorms over the county now are becoming a little more organized and are dumping heavy rain. Some spots could see 1 to 2 inches of rain from this band. Isolated spots could get three or more inches.

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
624 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 622 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE NEXT
HOUR OR SO. THIS RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON GROUND SATURATED FROM
PREVIOUS
HEAVY RAINFALL.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
EMELLE…GAINESVILLE AND PANOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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 3299 8834 3299 8817 3296 8816 3296 8818
3293 8817 3293 8821 3287 8818 3286 8815
3283 8818 3284 8814 3279 8810 3281 8807
3279 8806 3278 8811 3275 8811 3264 8839

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Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather