Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KBMX 250357
FFWBMX
ALC001-051-085-101-250700-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0019.151225T0357Z-151225T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CST

* AT 954 PM CST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING VERY SLOWLY OVER THE SAME AREA AND UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 193.

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 3205 8686 3205 8691 3222 8691 3223 8681
3228 8686 3230 8683 3233 8685 3236 8681
3241 8685 3243 8683 3244 8687 3252 8690
3266 8689 3266 8672 3268 8671 3271 8642
3275 8620 3275 8588 3272 8589 3196 8686

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