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WGUS84 KBMX 200151
FLSBMX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
851 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2024
ALC073-200500-
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JEFFERSON AL-
851 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2024
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, JEFFERSON.
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 851 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIRMINGHAM, VESTAVIA HILLS, HOMEWOOD, MOUNTAIN BROOK,
TRUSSVILLE, GARDENDALE, IRONDALE, LEEDS, MOODY, FAIRFIELD,
FULTONDALE, PLEASANT GROVE, TARRANT, MIDFIELD, KINGSTON,
BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT, FIVE POINTS SOUTH, KETONA LAKES, B.J.C.C.
AND U.A.B. CAMPUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3357 8692 3364 8681 3358 8655 3356 8655
3356 8654 3355 8654 3350 8659 3349 8659
3347 8660 3347 8661 3347 8669 3347 8673
3345 8682 3348 8695
25/OWEN
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