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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1123 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

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DALLAS AL-LOWNDES AL-PERRY AL-AUTAUGA AL-
1123 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AUTAUGA...
SOUTHERN PERRY...NORTHERN LOWNDES AND NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTIES
UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY INCLUDING 
THE CITY OF SELMA...

AT 1120 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING 
WAS OCCURRING IN SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN SELMA. NUMEROUS 
STREETS AND BUSINESSES ARE FLOODED IN THE DOWNTOWN SELMA AREA...WITH 
WATER THREE FEET DEEP ACROSS SOME ROADWAYS. PORTIONS OF THE SELMA 
MALL IS FLOODED AS WELL DUE TO WATER RISING ABOVE THE BANKS OF A 
CREEK BEHIND THE MALL. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN MAY OCCUR BY 
1230 PM WITH ANOTHER BAND OF RAIN THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARION...SELMA...SELMONT-WEST SELMONT...VALLEY GRANDE...OLD CAHABA 
PARK...AND WHITE HALL.

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3223 8703 3266 8744 3271 8702 3266 8701
      3266 8677 3236 8649 3234 8649 3233 8648
      3229 8649 3227 8648 3226 8642 3224 8641
      3222 8641

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