WFO BIRMINGHAM Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
250 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2019
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for...
Blount County in central Alabama...
* Until 545 PM CST.
* At 247 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated areas of rain continued to
move across Blount County. This rain is falling on areas that are
saturated from previous rainfall. Some flooding of roadways has
been reported in the area. Flooding of some roadways will continue
during the next few hours...especially in low-lying flood prone
areas with poor drainage or near small creeks and streams.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Oneonta, Blountsville, Cleveland, Dallas, Warrior, Locust Fork,
Altoona, Snead, Susan Moore, Walnut Grove, Trafford, Allgood,
Fairview, Hayden, Nectar, Rosa, County Line, McLarty, Bangor and
Strawberry.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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