Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Poor Drainage Areas for... Eastern Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama... Blount County in central Alabama... Jefferson County in central Alabama...

* Until 330 PM CST.

* At 1227 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain was spreading northeast across the area. One to two inches of rain is possible during the next two hours. This rain will be falling on areas that have received heavy rainfall during the past couple of days and will runoff into local creeks and streams. This will produce flooding of some streets and roadways across the area...especially in low-lying flood prone areas with poor drainage or near small creeks and streams.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Birmingham, eastern Tuscaloosa, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Trussville, Hueytown, Gardendale, Irondale, Leeds, Moody, Fairfield, Fultondale, Oneonta, Sumiton, Blountsville, Cleveland and Holt.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BLOUNT, AL ... JEFFERSON, AL ... TUSCALOOSA, AL

Instructions:

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.