Flash Flood Warning Marion/Lamar

Three to five inches of rain has fallen across Marion and Lamar Counties prompting a flash flood warning.

Reports are coming in that roads are washed out in Hackleburg.

The NWS Huntsville is ramping up the wording in all their products to discourage travel in their flood warning areas.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA…
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1028 AM CST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SPOTS AND 1 TO 2 MORE INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY OR IS
OCCURRING. A FEW CULVERTS HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY ALREADY NEAR
HACKLEBURG.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
HAMILTON…HALEYVILLE…LYNN…ARLEY…GUIN…HACKLEBURG…DOUBLE
SPRINGS…BRILLIANT…ADDISON…NAUVOO…SARDIS…CAMP MCDOWELL…
HELICON…BRUSHY LAKE…SMITH LAKE…ASHBANK…INMANFIELD…
NEEDMORE…POPLAR SPRINGS AND FALLS CITY.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather