Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County High School senior Jaylay Brooks, left, and Holtville High School senior Sariyah Williams, right, check the vitals of ‘victim’ and Elmore County High School senior Taylor Ledbetter in the medical sciences lab at Elmore County Technical Center.
Cliff Williams / TPI Stanhope Elmore senior James Smith, left, looks on as Wetumpka High junior Michael Love, and Stanhope Elmore junior Bryan Chavez perfom CPR on a training machine in the medical sciences lab Elmore County Technical Center.
Cliff Williams / TPI Stanhope Elmore senior James Smith, left, looks on as Wetumpka High junior Michael Love, and Stanhope Elmore junior Bryan Chavez perfom CPR on a training machine in the medical sciences lab Elmore County Technical Center.
High school students are learning so much more today.
At the Elmore County Technical Center, medical services students are learning skills in high school their teachers didn’t learn until college and even later.
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County High School senior Jaylay Brooks, left, and Holtville High School senior Sariyah Williams, right, check the vitals of ‘victim’ and Elmore County High School senior Taylor Ledbetter in the medical sciences lab at Elmore County Technical Center.
.Heavy thunderstorms are forecast from this afternoon to early
Thursday morning. This activity has the potential to produce several
inches of rainfall for portions of Central Alabama. A broad area of
Central Alabama is included in a Flood Watch as there is some
uncertainty regarding exactly where the heaviest corridors of rain
may occur.
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is 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, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Macon,
Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell,
Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa and Tuscaloosa.
* WHEN...From 4 PM CDT this afternoon through Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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