Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KBMX 250338
FFWBMX
ALC005-011-017-051-081-085-087-101-109-113-123-250700-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-151225T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
938 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA…
RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA…
BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA…
LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CST

* AT 933 PM…A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
EVEN IN AREAS WHERE RAINFALL IS LIGHTER DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF
FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 172.
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 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 3162 8618 3193 8618 3197 8630 3205 8631
3205 8641 3196 8641 3197 8684 3311 8541
3311 8523 3265 8511 3242 8496 3233 8501
3226 8489 3213 8506 3202 8505 3189 8513
3176 8513 3170 8522 3171 8541 3162 8542

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