Flash Flood Warning Chambers/Lee

Persistent rains over parts of Chambers and Lee Counties in East Central Alabama have prompted the NWS to issue a Flash Flood Warning. Doppler Radar estimates indicate as much as 3 inches of rain has fallen between Lafayette and Lanett with a large area of rainfalls in excess of one inch acoss the warning area and heavy rains continue to fall.

Here is a map of estimated rainfall:

Remember: Turn Around, Don’t Drown!

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS
POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
LAFAYETTE…LANETT…SMITHS…VALLEY…BEANS MILL…BEULAH…
BLEECKER…BUFFALO…CHAMBERS COUNTY LAKE…CUSSETA…DENSON…
FAIRFAX…HUGULEY…PENTON…RIVER VIEW AND SMITHS STATION.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather