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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1140 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024

.Heavy showers and thunderstorms will continue across the area for a 
few more hours. This will allow for ponding of water across streets 
and overflow in area streams and fields.


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Marengo AL-
1140 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Urban area and small stream flooding caused by excessive 
  rainfall continues.

* WHERE...A portion of central Alabama, including the following 
  county, Marengo.

* WHEN...Until 130 PM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying 
  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1134 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
    thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
    shortly in the warned area. Between 2 and 5 inches of rain
    have fallen.
  - Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in
    the warned area.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Linden, Thomaston, Sweet Water, Myrtlewood, Miller, Wayne,
    Dixons Mill, Surginer, Magnolia, Freddie Jones Field,
    Vineland, Shawnee, Nanafalia, Putnam, Consul, Octagon,
    Calvary, Half Acre, Clayhill and Nicholsville.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 3199 8767 3199 8807 3201 8811 3205 8812
      3208 8804 3214 8804 3215 8802 3219 8801
      3228 8802 3231 8798 3230 8794 3228 8794
      3231 8793 3230 8752 3227 8747 3226 8752
      3213 8752 3213 8762 3201 8762 3200 8767


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