918
WGUS84 KBMX 030126
FLSBMX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
826 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
ALC021-117-030400-
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CHILTON AL-SHELBY AL-
826 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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, CHILTON AND SHELBY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 826 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 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALABASTER, PELHAM, HELENA, CALERA, MONTEVALLO, JEMISON,
WILTON, AMERICAN VILLAGE, SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT, UNIVERSITY
OF MONTEVALLO, MAYLENE, OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, ALABASTER
VETERANS PARK, CAMP BRANCH, SAGINAW, DOGWOOD, SILURIA, SADDLE
LAKE FARMS, MINOOKA PARK AND BOUNDS LAKE.
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 3306 8690 3306 8693 3308 8693 3308 8695
3310 8695 3310 8697 3316 8697 3316 8698
3317 8703 3321 8702 3330 8684 3331 8674
3302 8655 3298 8687 3299 8688 3305 8688
3305 8690
12/ROBINSON
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