Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
545 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 1988

AT 545 PM CDT THERE WERE NO TORNADO WARNINGS IN EFFECT IN NORTH OR
CENTRAL ALABAMA HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAINED FAVORABLE FOR SMALL BUT
DANGEROUS TORNADOES TO FORM IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE
TYPE OF SMALL TORNADOES THAT DEVELOPED EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON ARE
VERY HARD TO DETECT BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.

AT 545 PM CDT A BAND OF MODERATELY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING
VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM MORGAN AND CULLMAN COUNTIES TO BLOUNT...
EASTERN JEFFERSON...ST CLAIR...SHELBY...TALLADEGA...CLAY AND TALLAPOOSA
COUNTIES. DUE TO THE HEAVY AMOUNT OF RAIN FALLING THERE COULD BE SOME
LOCALlIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS OR ON ROADWAYS. THE RAIN AREA WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
635 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 1988

RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS COVERING ALMOST ALL
OF ALABAMA AT 630 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS AROUND LAKE MARTIN...AND
ALONG THE FLORIDA BORDER SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES FROM HIGH
WINDS...BUT NO SERIOUS DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE MAIN CONCERN AT
THIS HOUR IS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM AROUND ALEXANDER CITY DURING THE PAST FEW
HOURS...AND SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. FLOODING OF STREETS...
SMALL STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADIO FOR LATEST INFORMATION.

DEVAUGHN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
705 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 1988

...VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER EAST ALABAMA...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM 3 TO NEARLY 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN TODAY
OVER AN AREA EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN SAINT CLAIR AND EASTERN
SHELBY COUNTIES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS TALLADEGA COUNTY AND INTO COOSA
AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES.

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER NORTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY AND WILL BE
SPREADING NORTH AND NORTHEAST INTO CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHORTLY.
SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS IN CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES.

ASHLAND IN CLAY COUNTY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED MORE THAN 2 AND 1/2 INCHES
OF RAIN.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
845 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 1988

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES...
...UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

HEAVY RAINS RAINS CONTINUED TO DRENCH COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES
AND THE DRAINAGE AREAS NORTH OF THEM. IN PERRYVILLE THE STATE TROOPER
SAID THAT IT WAS RAINING SO HARD THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD.
A REPORT FROM NORTH WETUMPKA INDICATED THAT 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN THERE.

STATE TROOPERS REPORT THAT HIGHWAY 231 FROM NORTH OF ROCKFORD WAS
FLOODED WITH 6-8" OF WATER AND ANY INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS THERE
WILL RESULT IN CLOSURE. COUNTY CREWS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED.

COOSA COUNTY ROAD NUMBER 40 BETWEEN ROUTE 18 AND 231 HAS BEEN
COMPLETELY WASHED OUT ACCORDING TO STATE TROOPERS THERE.

OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDE WATER IN GOODWATER AND ON
WASHINGTON STREET INSIDE THE ALEX CITY LIMITS WHERE LOGS HAVE
BEEN CLEARED FROM NEAR CAMPS CYCLE...BUT DEEP WATER PERSISTS.

HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR IN THE VICINITY.
WATER LEVELS RISE EVEN AFTER RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF. UNLESS TRAVELING
IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IT SHOULD BE ABANDONED AND NECESSARY TRAVEL
IN COOSA...ELMORE AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES SHOULD BE DONE WITH
EXTREME CAUTION.

OTHER AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS WERE OBSERVED SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA TO
BEYOND THE FLORIDA BORDER AND OVER FORT GAINES.

SNELL