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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
224 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Lee County in east central Alabama...
  Northern Russell County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 500 AM CDT.

* At 224 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in 
  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain in a tropical rain
           band.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Auburn, Phenix City, Opelika, Notasulga, Smiths, Smiths Station, 
  Griffen Mill, Beauregard, Bleecker, Beans Mill, Beulah, Ladonia, 
  Auburn University, Loachapoka, Marvyn, Robert G. Pitts Airport, 
  Monterey Heights, Mount Jefferson, Parkmanville and Chewacla State 
  Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3250 8544 3250 8549 3256 8565 3273 8545
      3273 8528 3275 8528 3275 8514 3274 8511
      3272 8512 3269 8512 3258 8507 3251 8500
      3245 8500 3242 8496 3241 8498 3239 8497
      3239 8499 3237 8498 3234 8501 3241 8543

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

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