Expires:201305181100;Remove:201305181100;323946
WGUS74 KBMX 180920
FFSBMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
420 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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CALHOUN AL-CLAY AL-CLEBURNE AL-RANDOLPH AL-TALLADEGA AL-
420 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
TALLADEGA...NORTHERN RANDOLPH...SOUTHERN CLEBURNE...NORTHEASTERN CLAY
AND SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...
AT 415 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA RESULTING IN ROADWAYS BECOMING 
IMPASSABLE. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
THE WARNED AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...COBB TOWN...OXFORD...HEFLIN...CHALAFINNEE...ANNISTON 
REGIONAL AIRPORT...BYNUM...DELTA...FOSTERS CROSS ROADS...GRANT 
TOWN...HOBSON CITY...HONDA MANUFACTURING OF 
ALABAMA...LINCOLN...MORRISON CROSS ROADS...MOUNT CHEAHA...OXFORD 
LAKE...RANBURNE...TALLADEGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND TALLADEGA 
SUPERSPEEDWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3340 8580 3348 8624 3350 8628 3352 8627
      3349 8626 3354 8619 3359 8622 3359 8619
      3361 8620 3363 8616 3368 8618 3367 8615
      3371 8614 3373 8611 3366 8589 3364 8537
      3363 8533 3337 8528
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