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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
419 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2025
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CHEROKEE AL-
419 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CHEROKEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 418 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING ALONG TERRAPIN CREEK AND NEARBY TRIBUTARIES.
BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CENTRE, CEDAR BLUFF, CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FORNEY,
GAYLESVILLE, MOSHAT, EASTERN WEISS LAKE, TENNALA, CORNWALL
FURNACE PARK, WESTERN WEISS LAKE, PLEASANT GAP, HOWELLS
CROSSROADS, COLOMA, WATERHOUSE, SPRING GARDEN AND FULLERTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3411 8543 3396 8553 3397 8571 3412 8576
3420 8569 3438 8548
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