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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
518 AM CST MON FEB 12 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 800 AM CST.
* AT 518 AM CST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUBURN, OPELIKA, SMITHS, SMITHS STATION, WAVERLY, BEAUREGARD,
GRIFFEN MILL, BEANS MILL, BLEECKER, AUBURN UNIVERSITY, BEULAH,
LADONIA, LOACHAPOKA, ROBERT G. PITTS AIRPORT, MOUNT JEFFERSON,
CHEWACLA STATE PARK, MARVYN, BARTLETTS FERRY DAM AND MONTEREY
HEIGHTS.
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 3252 8554 3271 8564 3274 8557 3274 8541
3273 8528 3275 8528 3275 8514 3274 8511
3269 8512 3266 8509 3264 8510 3264 8508
3258 8507 3251 8500 3251 8506 3247 8506
3247 8533 3241 8533 3241 8543 3250 8544
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
25/OWEN
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