Flash Flood Warning Elmore County til Midnight

AlabamaWX.com Alerts Desk | June 5, 2013 @ 9:17 pm

Very slow moving thunderstorms over Elmore County are dropping very heavy rain. The rain is falling rapidly and totals could be approaching 1-3 inches. This warning does include the city of Wetumpka. Excessive runoff could cause water to rise rapidly and cause some road to become impassible.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 914 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ELMORE COUNTY. RADAR
ESTIMATES ARE EXCEEDING THREE INCHES IN SOME AREAS WITH ANOTHER 1 TO
3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR.

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 IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER AND DRIVING IS NOT
RECOMMENDED DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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