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WGUS84 KBMX 030355
FLSBMX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1055 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
ALC021-117-030500-
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CHILTON AL-SHELBY AL-
1055 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, CHILTON AND SHELBY.
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1055 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS
WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. BETWEEN 1 AND 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY 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.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
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
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