URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

504 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2022

MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SULLIGENT, MOODY, CENTRE, FAYETTE, HEFLIN, BIRMINGHAM, PELL CITY, JASPER, VERNON, ONEONTA, DOUBLE SPRINGS, GADSDEN, HOOVER, ANNISTON, AND HAMILTON

504 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2022

…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…

* WHAT…FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.

* WHERE…A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES, BLOUNT, CALHOUN, CHEROKEE, CLEBURNE, ETOWAH, FAYETTE,

JEFFERSON, LAMAR, MARION, ST. CLAIR, WALKER AND WINSTON.

* WHEN…THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS…EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,

CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.

STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY BECOME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS. AREA

CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND COULD FLOOD WITH MORE

HEAVY RAIN.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…

– HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES

– HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION

SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.