Areal Flood Warning
Issued by the National Weather Service at 8:58 am CST on March 10, 2010
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Flood Warning for...
western Bibb County in central Alabama...
Jefferson County in central Alabama...
this includes the cities of... Vestavia Hills... Trussville...
Mountain Brook... Leeds... Irondale... Hueytown... Hoover...
Gardendale... Fultondale... Fairfield... Birmingham... Bessemer...
Homewood...
southern Walker County in central Alabama...
this includes the cities of... Sumiton... Jasper... Dora... Cordova...
Fayette County in west central Alabama...
this includes the city of Fayette...
Greene County in west central Alabama...
this includes the city of Eutaw...
northern Hale County in west central Alabama...
Lamar County in west central Alabama...
this includes the cities of... Vernon... Sulligent... Millport...
Pickens County in west central Alabama...
this includes the cities of... reform... Pickensville... Gordo...
Carrollton... Aliceville...
northern Sumter County in west central Alabama...
this includes the city of Livingston...
Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama...
this includes the cities of... Tuscaloosa... Northport... Holt...
* until 1245 PM CST
* at 852 am CST... widespread rain continued to spread across west
central Alabama... falling across areas which have already received
one to three inches of rainfall. Additional rainfall amounts of one
to two inches are possible in the warned area. Heavy rainfall will
cause ponding on area roadways and flooding of low lying areas and
small creeks.
A Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or has been reported.
Stream rises will be slow and flash flooding is not expected.
However... all interested parties should take necessary precautions
immediately.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
To report flooding... have the nearest law enforcement agency relay
your report to the National Weather Service forecast office.
Lat... Lon 3393 8823 3385 8697 3382 8695 3384 8680
3383 8674 3376 8666 3376 8655 3353 8653
3347 8663 3347 8668 3340 8675 3317 8718
3286 8719 3283 8731 3287 8732 3287 8742
3283 8742 3283 8747 3279 8747 3254 8840
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845 am CST Wed Mar 10 2010
The National Weather Service in Birmingham al has issued a
* Flood Warning for
the Sucarnoochee river at Livingston.
* From late tonight to late Saturday night... or until the warning is
cancelled.
* At 8:30 am Wednesday the stage was 14.1 feet.
* Flood stage is 18 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage after midnight tonight and
continue to rise to near 19.9 feet by Friday morning. The river
will fall below flood stage by Saturday afternoon.
* Impact... at 18 feet... flooding of farmlands around Livingston
occurs and cattle should be moved to higher ground
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Flash Flood Watch
Issued by the National Weather Service at 4:06 am CST on March 10, 2010
... Flash Flood Watch in effect through late tonight...
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Alabama... east
central Alabama... northeast Alabama... northwest Alabama...
southeast Alabama and west central Alabama... including the
following areas... in central Alabama... Autauga... Bibb...
Blount... Chilton... Coosa... Dallas... Elmore... Jefferson...
Lowndes... Montgomery... Perry... Shelby... St. Clair... Talladega
and Walker. In east central Alabama... Calhoun... Chambers...
Clay... Cleburne... Lee... Macon... Randolph... Russell and
Tallapoosa. In northeast Alabama... Cherokee and Etowah. In
northwest Alabama... Marion and Winston. In southeast Alabama...
Barbour... Bullock and Pike. In west central Alabama...
Fayette... Greene... Hale... Lamar... Marengo... Pickens... Sumter
and Tuscaloosa.
* Through late tonight
* several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through tonight.
Many locations will receive 2 to 3 inches of rain through noon
today before a brief decrease in intensity and coverage are
noted. Thunderstorms are expected to intensify and expand in
coverage late this afternoon and tonight when another 2 to 3
inches of rain will be possible. The rainfall may occur in a
rather short period of time which may lead to flash flooding.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
During heavy rains... keep children away from storm drains... water
catchments... and waterways. Shallow... gently flowing water can
become a raging torrent in a matter minutes when heavy rains
occur.
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should flash flood warnings be issued.
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