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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
841 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
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CHEROKEE AL-
841 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY...
AT 841 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN IN CENTRE. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CENTRE, CEDAR BLUFF, CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GAYLESVILLE,
MOSHAT, EASTERN WEISS LAKE, TENNALA, CORNWALL FURNACE PARK,
WESTERN WEISS LAKE, HOWELLS CROSSROADS, COLOMA, WATERHOUSE, WEISS
DAM AND FULLERTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3413 8579 3413 8580 3414 8581 3433 8547
3430 8547 3429 8546 3428 8546 3411 8543
3402 8566 3402 8575 3412 8579
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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