Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KBMX 250715
FFWBMX
ALC001-047-085-101-251315-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0021.151225T0715Z-151225T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
115 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 715 AM CST FRIDAY

* AT 112 AM CST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. VARIED AMOUNTS OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE BANDS OF STORMS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES
OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL BANDS ARE EXPECTED AND FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY OR WILL CONTINUE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MONTGOMERY…PRATTVILLE…SELMA…VALLEY GRANDE…FORT DEPOSIT…
MOSSES…HAYNEVILLE…MEADVILLE…SELMONT-WEST SELMONT…PIKE
ROAD…AUTAUGAVILLE…WHITE HALL…GORDONVILLE…ORRVILLE…
BILLINGSLEY…LOWNDESBORO…BENTON…LAGOON PARK…LOWNDES COUNTY
AIRPORT AND DUBLIN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 173…AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 186 AND 193.
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.

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 8718 3225 8742 3266 8698
3271 8671 3271 8642 3241 8641 3241 8631
3250 8625 3243 8619 3242 8603 3228 8593
3225 8600 3197 8603 3196 8630 3205 8631
3205 8641 3204 8640 3196 8641 3196 8686

$$

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