Flood Watch issued October 9 at 5:18PM CDT until October 11 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL
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* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...A portion of central Alabama, including the following counties, Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston. * WHEN...Through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Heavy rainfall associated with Hurricane Isaias will move into the area Friday night, and may last as long as early Sunday morning. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts up to 5 inches will result in the potential for flash flooding, especially in urban and other poor drainage areas. You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
- Event time
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- AL, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Marion; Lamar; Fayette; Winston; Walker; Blount; Etowah; Calhoun; Cherokee; Cleburne; Pickens; Tuscaloosa; Jefferson; Shelby; St. Clair; Talladega; Clay; Randolph; Sumter; Greene; Hale; Perry; Bibb; Chilton; Coosa; Tallapoosa; Chambers; Marengo; Dallas; Autauga; Lowndes; Elmore; Montgomery; Macon; Bullock; Lee; Russell; Pike; Barbour
- event
- Flood Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-09T19:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["AL"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-09T17:18:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c1d57648b8aee1203ee01d642413ffc3891425e0.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.69e6be5dc8068e02340664df6cdd6a30e133be6b.001.1"]
- instruction
- You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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