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WGUS84 KBMX 222339
FLSBMX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
639 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025
ALC073-230245-
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JEFFERSON AL-
639 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 945 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS
ARE ELEVATED. PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS
OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 639 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. BETWEEN 0.7 AND 1.4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOUTHWESTERN BIRMINGHAM, HOOVER, BESSEMER, HUEYTOWN,
FAIRFIELD, PLEASANT GROVE, MIDFIELD, BRIGHTON, LIPSCOMB,
NORTH JOHNS, SPLASH ADVENTURE, CONCORD, MCCALLA, PROMENADE
TANNEHILL, MCADORY, BENT BROOK GOLF CLUB, DOLOMITE, BESSEMER
AIRPORT AND LAKE CYRUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3327 8702 3343 8718 3351 8694 3334 8685
3333 8688
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