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WGUS84 KBMX 030217
FLSBMX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
917 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
ALC021-037-117-030515-
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CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-SHELBY AL-
917 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, CHILTON, COOSA AND SHELBY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 917 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 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, CHELSEA, CLANTON,
COLUMBIANA, JEMISON, WEOGUFKA, THORSBY, LAY LAKE DAM, LAY
LAKE, MARBLE VALLEY, GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN, MITCHELL LAKE,
STRICKLAND CROSSROADS, DOLLAR, HIGGINS FERRY PARK, UNITY AND
MORIAH.
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 3334 8660 3313 8649 3313 8646 3310 8649
3310 8627 3285 8628 3275 8634 3275 8641
3271 8641 3271 8663 3329 8683
12/ROBINSON
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