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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
155 AM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
* AT 155 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ONEONTA, BLOUNTSVILLE, CLEVELAND, LOCUST FORK, SNEAD, SUSAN MOORE,
ALLGOOD, FAIRVIEW, NECTAR, ROSA, INLAND LAKE, HIGHLAND LAKE,
EASLEY, FOWLER SPRING AND HENDRIX.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3410 8661 3395 8677 3384 8645 3410 8631
3417 8651
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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