Flooding Reports

| May 18, 2013 @ 4:15 am

Several areas in East Alabama are reporting serious flooding and conditions are expected to on get worse as heavy rain continues to fall…

Water covering portions of hwy 78 between Heflin and Fruithurst.

Travel problems in and around Mt Cheaha state park as portions of county road 13 near county road 24 has become impassable. Depth of water unknown at this time.

In Talladega County, Campbell road just of HWY 21 is impassable due to water covering the road. UTILITY/FIRE CREWS ARE UNABLE TO REACH DOWNED TREE DUE TO DEPTH OF WATER. PORTIONS OF GRANTTOWN RD ARE ALSO COVERED WITH WATER.

NUMEROUS ROADS IN AND AROUND PELL CITY AND WATTSVILLE HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE…INCLUDING PORTIONS OF DR JOHN HAYNES DR…19TH ST NEAR 3RD AVE…FLORIDA RD AND MT MORIAH RD.

CAMPGROUND AT LAKE CHINNABEE IS FLOODING AS WATERS CONTINUE TO RISE.

PORTIONS OF US HWY 78 BETWEEN OXFORD AND EASTABOGA AND PORTIONS OF AL HWY 21 BETWEEN OXFORD AND MUNFORD ARE COMPLETELY COVERED BY WATER. TIME ESTIMATED.

Several inches of rain have fallen and several more are expected too accumulate in the affected areas. Please do not drive through flooded roadways. Always TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN!

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Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather

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