BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CLANTON ALABAMA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
733 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
FOLLOWING ALABAMA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...
WALKER...ETOWAH...JEFFERSON...BLOUNT...ST. CLAIR...CHEROKEE...
SHELBY AND TALLEDEGA.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA HAVE
BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY THIS EVENING. MANY
LOCAL ROADS AND A FEW LARGER COUNTY AND STATE ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ROADWAYS THAT ARE NOT CLOSED MAY STILL BE
VERY HAZARDOUS. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH WINDS HAVE KNOCKED DOWN
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. THESE TREES
ADD ANOTHER POTENTIAL HAZARD TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING. NOW THAT THE
SUN HAS SET...FLOODED ROADWAYS AND TREES BLOCKING ROADWAYS ARE
VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
MANY FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NAVIGATING AREA ROADWAYS. SOME RESCUES
ARE STILL UNDERWAY. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN OFF ROADWAYS
THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. CONSULT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ALABAMA: BLOUNT, CHEROKEE, ETOWAH, JEFFERSON, SHELBY, ST. CLAIR, TALLADEGA, WALKER.
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CLANTON ALABAMA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
733 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
FOLLOWING ALABAMA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...
WALKER...ETOWAH...JEFFERSON...BLOUNT...ST. CLAIR...CHEROKEE...
SHELBY AND TALLEDEGA.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA HAVE
BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY THIS EVENING. MANY
LOCAL ROADS AND A FEW LARGER COUNTY AND STATE ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ROADWAYS THAT ARE NOT CLOSED MAY STILL BE
VERY HAZARDOUS. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH WINDS HAVE KNOCKED DOWN
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. THESE TREES
ADD ANOTHER POTENTIAL HAZARD TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING. NOW THAT THE
SUN HAS SET...FLOODED ROADWAYS AND TREES BLOCKING ROADWAYS ARE
VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
MANY FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NAVIGATING AREA ROADWAYS. SOME RESCUES
ARE STILL UNDERWAY. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN OFF ROADWAYS
THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. CONSULT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ALABAMA: BLOUNT, CHEROKEE, ETOWAH, JEFFERSON, SHELBY, ST. CLAIR, TALLADEGA, WALKER.
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