THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CST.
* AT 541 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR, WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIRMINGHAM, TUSCALOOSA, HOOVER, VESTAVIA HILLS, ALABASTER,
BESSEMER, HOMEWOOD, NORTHPORT, PELHAM, MOUNTAIN BROOK, TRUSSVILLE,
HELENA, HUEYTOWN, GARDENDALE, IRONDALE, LEEDS, MOODY, FAIRFIELD,
CHELSEA AND FULTONDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
