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WGUS74 KBMX 070015
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
715 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
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AUTAUGA AL-ELMORE AL-LOWNDES AL-MACON AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
715 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN AUTAUGA, SOUTHWESTERN ELMORE, NORTHERN LOWNDES,
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTIES...
AT 715 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 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...RADAR.
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...
MONTGOMERY, PRATTVILLE, MILLBROOK, MILSTEAD, PIKE ROAD, COOSADA,
AUTAUGAVILLE, WHITE HALL, SHORTER, LOWNDESBORO, BENTON, HUNTER,
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, WOODCREST, DANNELLY FIELD, MONTGOMERY
RIVERWALK STADIUM, ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL, ALABAMA STATE
UNIVERSITY, HOPE HULL AND HYUNDAI MOTORS OF ALABAMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3229 8685 3230 8683 3231 8685 3233 8685
3234 8681 3235 8681 3240 8684 3242 8684
3243 8683 3244 8686 3253 8687 3256 8677
3243 8580 3227 8593 3227 8599 3225 8599
3225 8600 3220 8600 3225 8684
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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