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WGUS84 KBMX 270005
FLSBMX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
605 PM CST THU FEB 26 2026
ALC073-127-270315-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON AL-WALKER AL-
605 PM CST THU FEB 26 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, JEFFERSON AND WALKER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 915 PM CST.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN
BE EXPECTED. WATER OVER ROADWAYS. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 602 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING FROM WEST TO EAST THAT ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
SIMILAR LOCATIONS. THIS MAY CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING, AND WILL WATCH CLOSELY FOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIRMINGHAM, VESTAVIA HILLS, BESSEMER, HOMEWOOD, MOUNTAIN
BROOK, TRUSSVILLE, HUEYTOWN, GARDENDALE, IRONDALE, LEEDS,
MOODY, FAIRFIELD, FULTONDALE, CENTER POINT, PLEASANT GROVE,
TARRANT, MIDFIELD, ADAMSVILLE, BRIGHTON AND LIPSCOMB.
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 3360 8732 3360 8742 3368 8742 3368 8686
3364 8653 3362 8655 3356 8655 3351 8656
3349 8659 3345 8672 3340 8725 3347 8734
3349 8733 3348 8729 3350 8729 3351 8726
3351 8732
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