Flash Flood Watch until 12:00AM Saturday
...Flash Flooding Possible Across East Central Alabama... .Heavy rainfall will likely develop again this afternoon across portions of Central Alabama. Generally the eastern half of Central Alabama received 1 to 2 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. Some areas received between 4 and 6 inches, with estimated totals even higher. While the highest totals remained isolated any additional rainfall over these areas could potentially result in flash flooding, so stay prepared and weather aware. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Alabama, east central Alabama, northeast Alabama, and southeast Alabama, including the following areas, in central Alabama, Autauga, Blount, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Jefferson, Lowndes, Montgomery, Shelby, St. Clair, and Talladega. In east central Alabama, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell, and Tallapoosa. In northeast Alabama, Cherokee and Etowah. In southeast Alabama, Barbour, Bullock, and Pike.
* From 10 AM CDT this morning through this evening
* Heavy rainfall will likely develop again this afternoon across portions of Central Alabama. With already saturated ground in place any additional rain could result in localized flash flooding.
* AFFECTED AREAS: AUTAUGA ... BARBOUR ... BLOUNT ... BULLOCK ... CALHOUN ... CHAMBERS ... CHEROKEE ... CHILTON ... CLAY ... CLEBURNE ... COOSA ... ELMORE ... ETOWAH ... JEFFERSON ... LEE ... LOWNDES ... MACON ... MONTGOMERY ... PIKE ... RANDOLPH ... RUSSELL ... SHELBY ... ST. CLAIR ... TALLADEGA ... TALLAPOOSA
Instructions:
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.
Address/Location
Blount County
220 2nd Avenue East
Oneonta, AL 35121
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 205-625-4121
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP BLOUNT followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch