Flash Flood Warning: Pike County

Slow moving thunderstorms across Pike County have dumped heavy rain. The strongest storms have pushed eat of the county but heavy rain continues.

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1053 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 1052 AM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AND AROUND TROY.
PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION!

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
BRUNDIDGE…TROY…ANTIOCH…BANKS…LINWOOD…TROY MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT AND TROY UNIVERSITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. RAINFALL FROM PERSISTENT RAINBANDS
WILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREETS. MANY
ROADS WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND DRIVING IS NOT RECOMMENDED
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL 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.

&&

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

LAT…LON 3161 8609 3196 8607 3195 8579 3188 8579
3188 8566 3186 8567 3183 8567 3176 8568
3173 8571 3170 8572 3167 8571 3162 8574

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