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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
952 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025
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CLEBURNE AL-
952 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, CLEBURNE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 200 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 949 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADWAYS
REMAIN FLOODED. LOCAL RIVERS ARE BEGINNING TO RISE DUE TO
RECENT RAINFALL. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BETWEEN 5 AND
7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HEFLIN, RANBURNE, FRUITHURST, EDWARDSVILLE, ABERNATHY, LAKE
CLEBURNE, TRICKEM, I 20 WELCOME CENTER AND SWEETWATER LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3352 8533 3350 8540 3350 8548 3353 8563
3361 8568 3363 8568 3363 8566 3364 8566
3364 8565 3365 8565 3365 8564 3376 8564
3378 8556 3375 8543 3371 8539 3361 8534
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