Flash Flood Warning Autauga County til 12:30AM

AlabamaWX.com Alerts Desk | June 5, 2013 @ 9:24 pm

Very heavy continues to fall across the county. Flooding is expected in and around the city of Prattville. Interstate 65 and Highway 82 are within this warning and could be impacted by flood waters. More rain is expected over the next few hours.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 920 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES OR GREATER HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHEASTERN AUTAUGA WITH ANOTHER 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
PRATTVILLE AND THE AUTAUGA 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 MAY BE IMPASSABLE 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. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG
THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLOODING.

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