Real-Time Weather Updates
We'll provide weather updates in real-time as storms impact West Alabama on Tuesday, May 9.
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10:23 p.m.
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1023 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 1023 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
TUSCALOOSA, NORTHPORT, HOLT, BRYANT DENNY STADIUM, UNIVERSITY
MALL, TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATER, MCFARLAND MALL, SHELTON STATE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AIRPORT, UNIVERSITY OF
ALABAMA QUAD, STILLMAN COLLEGE, TAYLORVILLE, OLIVER LOCK AND DAM,
PALMORE PARK, ENGLEWOOD, LITTLE SANDY AND COTTONDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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LAT...LON 3309 8754 3309 8756 3322 8766 3328 8759
3319 8743
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
9:30 p.m.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
930 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.
* AT 930 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
TUSCALOOSA, NORTHPORT, HOLT, BRYANT DENNY STADIUM, UNIVERSITY
MALL, TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATER, MCFARLAND MALL, SHELTON STATE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AIRPORT, UNIVERSITY OF
ALABAMA QUAD, STILLMAN COLLEGE, TAYLORVILLE, OLIVER LOCK AND DAM,
PALMORE PARK, ENGLEWOOD, LITTLE SANDY AND COTTONDALE.
SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ALONG CYPRESS CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
8:51 p.m.
FLOOD ADVISORY -NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
851 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2023
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BIBB AND TUSCALOOSA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 851 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TUSCALOOSA, NORTHPORT, BRENT, CENTREVILLE, HOLT, COALING,
COKER, MCFARLAND MALL, SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
UNIVERSITY MALL, LOW GAP, BRYANT DENNY STADIUM, TUSCALOOSA
AMPHITHEATER, TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AIRPORT, EOLINE, LAKE
LURLEEN STATE PARK, WEST CENTREVILLE, DUNCANVILLE, COTTONDALE
AND CAMP HORNE B.S.A.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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