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WGUS84 KBMX 022317
FLSBMX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
617 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
ALC015-029-030200-
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CALHOUN AL-CLEBURNE AL-
617 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, CALHOUN AND CLEBURNE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 617 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANNISTON, OXFORD, JACKSONVILLE, PIEDMONT, HEFLIN, FORT
MCCLELLAN, SAKS, WEST END-COBB TOWN, COBB TOWN, WEAVER,
HOBSON CITY, JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY, BLUE MOUNTAIN,
ALEXANDRIA, OXFORD LAKE, BYNUM, CHOCCOLOCCO, DEARMANVILLE,
SWEETWATER LAKE AND COLEMAN LAKE AND CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3359 8580 3359 8599 3360 8600 3360 8602
3397 8571 3396 8553 3394 8553 3394 8550
3396 8550 3396 8545 3366 8561 3357 8572
3358 8580
12/ROBINSON
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