Flash Flood Warning Lamar/Marion/Fayette

A slow moving thunderstorm is dropping very heavy rain fall across portions of these three counties. Flooding could be impacting Interstate 22, and Highways 78, 43 and 278. Use caution in and around Hamilton, Guin, Winfield and Beaverton.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 352 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE
PAST 3 HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH POSSIBLE IN ALREADY
SATURATED AREAS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
HAMILTON…WINFIELD…BEAVERTON…BLOOMING GROVE…BLUFF…
BRILLIANT…GU-WIN AND GUIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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