Flood Warning: Lowndes/ Dallas until 3:30 PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR…
LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 1226 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED RAIN
CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON AREAS
THAT ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING FLOODING FROM EARLIER RAINFALL THIS
MORNING. THIS WILL ONLY PROLONG FLOODING THAT IS STILL ONGOING AS
ADDITIONAL RUNOFF OCCURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…FORT
DEPOSIT…HAYNEVILLE…MOSSES…BEECHWOOD…GORDONVILLE…LOGAN AND
LOWNDES COUNTY AIRPORT.

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…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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