Flash Flood Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLANTON
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIANA
CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST END-COBB TOWN...PIEDMONT...
OXFORD...ANNISTON
CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEFLIN
COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROCKFORD
TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...LINCOLN...
CHILDERSBURG

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
EDWARDSVILLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF JEMISON...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF HEFLIN TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MONTEVALLO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BORDEN SPRINGS...MAPLESVILLE...THORSBY...WEOGUFKA AND VERBENA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.