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WGUS74 KBMX 181103

FFSBMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

603 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013



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CALHOUN AL-TALLADEGA AL-

603 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TALLADEGA AND

SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR OXFORD...ANNISTON...AND TALLADEGA...



AT 557 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...AND SWIFT WATER 

RESCUES WERE ONGOING. IN ADDITION...STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE RISEN 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ARE IMPASSABLE. FOUR TO SIX 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THIS AREA WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

CHILDERSBURG...COBB TOWN...OXFORD...SYLACAUGA...TALLADEGA...TALLADEGA

SPRINGS...WEST END-COBB TOWN...ALPINE...ANNISTON REGIONAL AIRPORT...

BYNUM...FAYETTEVILLE...GRANT TOWN...HOBSON CITY...HONDA MANUFACTURING

OF ALABAMA...LINCOLN...OXFORD LAKE...SYCAMORE...TALLADEGA MUNICIPAL 

AIRPORT...TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY...WALDO AND WINTERBORO.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



THIS IS A DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND EVERY PRECAUTION

SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EXTENSIVE

FLOODING IS EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID WATER COVERED ROADS AND

FIND ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.



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LAT...LON 3365 8571 3350 8585 3350 8590 3340 8593

      3338 8598 3335 8598 3329 8603 3330 8612

      3320 8612 3319 8617 3311 8618 3311 8649

      3312 8646 3314 8647 3368 8611



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