Flood Advisory until 08:00PM
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Flood Advisory for... Southeastern Walker County in central Alabama... Blount County in central Alabama... Northwestern Etowah County in northeastern Alabama... Northern Jefferson County in central Alabama...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 558 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated clusters of showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall. These storms extendended from Walker County eastward to Etowah County. Heavy rainfall has already occurred in many of these same areas with one to locally 3 inches of rain already fallen in the advisory area. Additional rainfall will cause flooding of low lying and normal flood prone locations.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Jasper, Boaz, Oneonta, Attalla, Sumiton, Cordova, Dora, Blountsville, Cleveland, Dallas, Warrior, Kimberly, Morris, Sardis City, Locust Fork, Parrish, Altoona, Snead, Susan Moore and Walnut Grove.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ETOWAH, AL ... BLOUNT, AL ... JEFFERSON, AL ... WALKER, AL
Instructions:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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:
- Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Advisory