Flood Advisory until 05:45PM
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.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BLOUNT, AL
Instructions:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Address/Location
Blount County
220 2nd Avenue East
Oneonta, AL 35121
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 205-625-4121
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP BLOUNT followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Advisory