Flash Flood Warning : Shelby County 1:30 PM

The NWS has issued a flash flood warning for parts of Shelby County.

Up to two inches of rain has fallen in the past hour across parts of Shelby County near and south of Alabaster. Additional heavy rain will rotate across the area from southern Jefferson County.

In addition, heavy rain has fallen across northern Jefferson County from the storms that are streaming southward along I-65. John Talbot reports water standing on roads in area around his business in Fultondale. Road in front of his office is submerged. Terry Sasser reports 1.41 inches of rain as of 10:33. He surmises there has been some street flooding n Gardendale and Fultondale.

The good news is that the rain is tapering now across northern Jefferson, with the heaviest rain over southern Jefferson moving into northern Shelby. Rain is also heavy from west of Talladega Springs to Jemison across Chilton County.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1039 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
AREA…AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ALABASTER…CALERA…HELENA…MONTEVALLO…PELHAM…AMERICAN
VILLAGE…INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE…MAYLENE…OAK MOUNTAIN
AMPITHEATER…OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK…SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT AND
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO.

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.



Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather