Flash Flood Warning : Lamar County 1:00 PM

| August 6, 2012 @ 9:57 am

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At 10:12 AM Lamar County Emergency Manager reporting highway 278 closed in Sulligent due to flash flooding.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 956 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A VERY SLOW
MOVING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
SULLIGENT…VERNON…BEAVERTON…BEDFORD…BLOOMING GROVE…
CREWS…DETROIT AND LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. RAINFALL FROM PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS
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…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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