From NWS/Birmingham

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
426 PM CDT TUE SEP 12 2006

ALC015-027-029-111-115-117-121-130000-
426 PM CDT TUE SEP 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FROM CALERA TO TALLADEGA TO PIEDMONT. THE RAIN WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVATIONS HAVE INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE 1 PM CDT OVER SHELBY COUNTY NEAR
CALERA...COLUMBIANA...AND ALABASTER. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE EAST
AND AFFECT THE TALLADEGA...ANNISTON...LINEVILLE...HEFLIN...AND
WEDOWEE AREAS.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE LIKELY IN THE
AFFECTED AREA THROUGH 7 PM CDT BEFORE THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED
DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A
FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER
MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.