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Flash Flood Warning : Walker County

Flash Flood Warning : Walker County

| July 21, 2011 @ 8:46 am | 1 Reply

WGUS54 KBMX 211346 FFWBMX ALC127-211630- /O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0039.110721T1346Z-110721T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 846 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA… * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 844 AM […]

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Flooding Issues Over East-Central Alabama

Flooding Issues Over East-Central Alabama

| July 20, 2011 @ 10:32 am | 2 Replies

Getting a number of reports of flooding across Lee and Tallapoosa Counties… below is the NEXRAD storm total rain estimate, suggesting rain amounts of over two inches there… The rain is moving to the southwest, but is backbuilding at the same time, producing some very heavy rain down the U.S. 280 corridor below Sylacauga.

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Big Summer Storms

Big Summer Storms

| July 13, 2011 @ 4:42 pm | 5 Replies

Thanks to a number of our Skywatchers and viewers who sent these pictures to us on this wet summer afternoon…

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Lots Of Water

Lots Of Water

| March 10, 2011 @ 4:01 pm | 2 Replies

Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Vic Bell for these images… he writes… “I took these yesterday and today at Noccalula Falls. The falls are formed where Black Creek runs off the end of Lookout Mt at Gadsden”

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Flood Pictures

Flood Pictures

| March 9, 2011 @ 3:45 pm | 6 Replies

These pictures are from across Alabama this morning… thanks to everybody for taking the time to send them!

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Water Running High

Water Running High

| March 9, 2011 @ 3:04 pm | 1 Reply

Thanks to Trent Penny for this video… he writes: “James, Today while out shooting some flash flood pictures I shot this video clip of the roaring water of Cane Creek which runs through Cane Creek Golf Course at McClellan in Anniston. I have never seen this much water in that little creek before.”

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Major Flooding Issues This Morning

Major Flooding Issues This Morning

| March 9, 2011 @ 6:05 am | 15 Replies

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. BE VERY CAREFUL: Turn around, don’t drown. Heed that warning this morning as a major flood event continues to […]

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Cahaba River Flood Warning

Cahaba River Flood Warning

| March 8, 2011 @ 9:50 pm | 1 Reply

This impacts the area all the way from the Birmingham metro area south to Brent/Centreville… BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 949 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 …THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA… CAHABA RIVER NEAR […]

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Excessive Rain Event Unfolding For Alabama

Excessive Rain Event Unfolding For Alabama

| March 8, 2011 @ 9:05 pm | 2 Replies

Below is the latest excessive rain outlook from HPC… You can see the potential for five inches of rain for parts of Central and West Alabama… radar trends certainly confirm this, and people in flood prone areas will need to be in a position to hear flash flood warnings tonight and tomorrow if they are […]

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Too Much Rain

Too Much Rain

| March 7, 2011 @ 5:04 pm | 1 Reply

Thanks to Jimmy Reynolds for this image… he writes… “James, Due to the deluge of rain we received in Demopolis, this is a picture of the water lifting a manhole cover off of a manhole on my property. This manhole is located about 25 yards from Whitfield Canal (which was roaring like a Colorado white […]

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