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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1048 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
* AT 1048 PM CDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN IN AUBURN, OPELIKA. BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC 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, NOTASULGA, BEAUREGARD, AUBURN UNIVERSITY, GRIFFEN
MILL, BEANS MILL, LOACHAPOKA, ROBERT G. PITTS AIRPORT, CHEWACLA
STATE PARK AND MOUNT JEFFERSON.
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 3256 8564 3257 8566 3258 8566 3258 8568
3273 8554 3273 8538 3270 8526 3247 8515
3247 8544 3250 8544 3250 8549
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
40/SIZEMORE
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