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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
824 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0536 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     CARROLLTON              33.26N 88.10W
05/17/2013                   PICKENS            AL   PUBLIC

0748 PM     HAIL             MARION                  32.63N 87.32W
05/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       PERRY              AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR MARION.

0850 PM     HAIL             4 NNE CALERA            33.16N 86.73W
05/17/2013  E0.88 INCH       SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT LANDMARK AT LANCASTER PLACE
            APARTMENTS IN CALERA.

0855 PM     HAIL             CHELSEA                 33.33N 86.64W
05/17/2013  E0.25 INCH       SHELBY             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CHELSEA.

0907 PM     HAIL             1 WNW SELMA             32.42N 87.04W
05/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       DALLAS             AL   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN SELMA ON THE WESTERN SIDE
            OF TOWN. REPORTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

0915 PM     HAIL             3 WSW SELMA             32.39N 87.08W
05/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       DALLAS             AL   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR MORGAN ACADEMY ON THE
            SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF SELMA. THE QUARTER SIZE
            HAIL FELL FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES...AND HAIL WAS COVERING
            THE GROUND.

0315 AM     HEAVY RAIN       HEFLIN                  33.65N 85.59W
05/18/2013  E2.00 INCH       CLEBURNE           AL   911 CALL CENTER

            APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND HAS LEAD
            TO WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF HWY 78 BETWEEN HEFLIN AND
            FRUITHURST.

0315 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WNW CHALAFINNEE       33.55N 85.69W
05/18/2013  E0.00 INCH       CLEBURNE           AL   911 CALL CENTER

            APPROXIMATELTY TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND
            IS BEGINNING TO LEAD TO TRAVEL PROBLEMS IN AND AROUND MT
            CHEAHA STATE PARK. PORTIONS OF CR 13 NEAR CR 24 HAS
            BECOME IMPASSABLE. DEPTH OF WATER UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SW GRANT TOWN         33.52N 85.97W
05/18/2013                   TALLADEGA          AL   911 CALL CENTER

            CAMPBELL RD JUST OFF HWY 21 IS IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER
            COVERING THE ROAD. UTILITY/FIRE CREWS ARE UNABLE TO REACH
            DOWNED TREE DUE TO DEPTH OF WATER. PORTIONS OF GRANTTOWN
            RD ARE ALSO COVERED WITH WATER.

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 WNW MORRISON CROSS RO 33.43N 85.51W
05/18/2013                   RANDOLPH           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A PORTION OF OLD US HWY 431 NEAR LITTLE PINEYWOOD CREEK
            WAS TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE BUT WATERS HAVE SINCE
            RECEEDED. PORTIONS OF CR 92 WERE ALSO IMPASSABLE FOR A
            SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. TIME ESTIMATED.

0400 AM     FLASH FLOOD      PELL CITY               33.56N 86.27W
05/18/2013                   ST. CLAIR          AL   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS ROADS IN AND AROUND PELL CITY AND WATTSVILLE
            HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF DR JOHN
            HAYNES DR...19TH ST NEAR 3RD AVE...FLORIDA RD AND MT
            MORIAH RD.

0400 AM     FLASH FLOOD      OXFORD                  33.60N 85.83W
05/18/2013                   CALHOUN            AL   911 CALL CENTER

            PORTIONS OF US HWY 78 BETWEEN OXFORD AND EASTABOGA AND
            PORTIONS OF AL HWY 21 BETWEEN OXFORD AND MUNFORD ARE
            COMPLETELY COVERED BY WATER. TIME ESTIMATED.

0430 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 WSW MOUNT CHEAHA      33.46N 85.88W
05/18/2013                   CLAY               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CAMPGROUND AT LAKE CHINNABEE IS FLOODING AS WATERS
            CONTINUE TO RISE.

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SSW ANNISTON          33.60N 85.84W
05/18/2013                   CALHOUN            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALL LANES OF HIGHWAY 21 SOUTH OF OXFORD ARE IMPASSIBLE
            DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. A STRANDED MOTORIST ON HIGHWAY 21
            HAD TO BE RESCUED BY A SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAM DUE TO THE
            HIGH WATER. MULIPLE OTHER ROADS IN AND SOUTH OF OXFORD
            WERE ALSO IMPASSIBLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

0640 AM     FLASH FLOOD      TALLADEGA               33.43N 86.10W
05/18/2013                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            KELLY SPRINGS ROAD AT EASTABOGA ROAD IS IMPASSIBLE DUE TO
            FLOODING. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROADS IN THE CITY OF
            TALLADEGA ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING, INCLUDING
            WARD STREET, COOSA STREET, COURT STREET, EAST STREET
            NORTH, WEST STREED, AND BATTLE STREED, AS WELL AS ALABAMA
            HIGHWAY 77 FROM MOUNT OLIVE TO BURNEY STREET IN WALDO.

0705 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SE MOUNT CHEAHA       33.44N 85.77W
05/18/2013                   CLAY               AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PORTIONS OF SEVERAL ROADWAYS ACROSS NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY
            HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT INCLUDING ABEL RD...NUBBIE CREEK RD
            AND KETCHEMEDOGGIE RD. TIME ESTIMATED.


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