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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
956 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.
* AT 956 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRE. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4 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
12/ROBINSON
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