Flash Flood Warning: St. Clair County

Heavy rains continue in thunderstorms that extend from Moody over to Pell City and up to Ohatchee.

Radar estimates indicate that 2 to 3 inches of rain has fallen across parts of the county.

Be alert to the potential for flooding.

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1127 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 1124 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAIN FALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE PAST HOUR HAS FALLEN IN THE
WARNED AREA WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE BACK OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1
INCH IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…BALD
ROCK AND RAGLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE…DO NOT DRIVE
INTO FLOODED AREAS.

&&

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

LAT…LON 3378 8605 3371 8612 3371 8614 3369 8614
3367 8617 3370 8619 3369 8621 3367 8619
3350 8647 3351 8648 3355 8648 3356 8654
3385 8610

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