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WGUS84 KBMX 022342
FLSBMX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
642 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
ALC017-030200-
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CHAMBERS AL-
642 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 CHAMBERS COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 642 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VALLEY, LANETT, LAFAYETTE, LA FAYETTE, WAVERLY, LAKEVIEW,
FIVE POINTS, CUSSETA, CHAMBERS COUNTY LAKE, BUFFALO, DENSON,
STURKIE, WEST CHAMBERS, OAK BOWERY, PENTON, FREDONIA,
HUGULEY, RIDGE GROVE, TRAMMEL CROSSROADS AND VEASEY CREEK
PARK.
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 3275 8528 3273 8528 3273 8540 3274 8541
3275 8543 3273 8543 3273 8548 3274 8548
3273 8549 3273 8557 3274 8557 3273 8559
3303 8559 3302 8521 3286 8518 3285 8515
3283 8517 3281 8517 3279 8515 3275 8522
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