Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KBMX 250708
FFWBMX
ALC017-021-037-051-081-123-251300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0020.151225T0708Z-151225T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
108 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 105 AM CST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. VARIED AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN ACROSS THE BANDS OF STORMS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE PAST
FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL BANDS ARE EXPECTED FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY OR WILL CONTINUE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
AUBURN…OPELIKA…ALEXANDER CITY…MILLBROOK…VALLEY…CLANTON…
WETUMPKA…LANETT…TALLASSEE…DADEVILLE…JEMISON…GOODWATER…
CAMP HILL…NOTASULGA…ROCKFORD…KELLYTON…LAFAYETTE…SMITHS…
EQUALITY AND WEOGUFKA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
INTERSTATE 65 NEAR MILE MARKER 181…AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200
AND 219.
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 79.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT…LON 3241 8543 3250 8544 3260 8571 3258 8580
3249 8580 3241 8605 3243 8619 3250 8625
3244 8632 3248 8641 3271 8642 3271 8671
3266 8672 3266 8679 3276 8700 3284 8688
3301 8677 3311 8595 3311 8523 3251 8503

$$

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Category: Severe Weather