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WGUS84 KBMX 230038
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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
738 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025
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JEFFERSON AL-WALKER AL-
738 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST
WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY
BECOME IMPASSABLE. RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 738 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 OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SUMITON, CORDOVA, DORA, ADAMSVILLE, SIPSEY, WEST JEFFERSON,
BURNWELL, QUINTON, BELOIT, ROCKY HOLLOW, GORGAS STEAM PLANT,
GORGAS, MILLER STEAM PLANT, BARNEY, SAYRE AND BIRMINGPORT.
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.
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 3384 8708 3375 8693 3355 8708 3365 8726
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