Flash Flood Warning Clay County until 7:30AM
Flash flooding is occurring this morning in Clay County. As heavy rain continues to fall, additional flooding concerns are expected. Reports of rising water in many areas that are threatening lives. Do not be out and about in flooded areas unless you are evacuating to high ground. Do not drive through flooded roadways either.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 730 AM CDT
* AT 444 AM CDT…LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AT LAKE
CHINNABEE IN NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE
ALONG THE LAKE AND NEARBY STREAMS…AND CAMPGROUNDS AND NEARBY
ROADWAYS ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AND AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO
CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO
REMAIN IN A SAFE LOCATION AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE.
* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY…INCLUDING THE TOWN OF LAKE CHINNABEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOODING IS OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE
IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO DRIVE UNTIL WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER.
CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather