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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
921 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
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CALHOUN AL-ETOWAH AL-ST. CLAIR AL-
921 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR, NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTIES...
AT 921 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
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...
RAINBOW CITY, GLENCOE, RAGLAND, OHATCHEE, STEELE, NEELY HENRY
LAKE, SOUTHSIDE, NEELY HENRY DAM, GADSDEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND
COBB CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3397 8602 3391 8590 3374 8607 3388 8622
3397 8609
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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