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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1048 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
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CALHOUN AL-CHEROKEE AL-CLEBURNE AL-
1048 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN, NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE AND SOUTHEASTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 1048 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN ROCK RUN AND PLEASANT GAP. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING DUE TO TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL FROM ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PIEDMONT, FORNEY, PLEASANT GAP, EASTERN WEISS LAKE, SPRING GARDEN,
BORDEN SPRINGS AND WATERHOUSE.
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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3423 8545 3420 8544 3419 8544 3416 8544
3413 8543 3411 8543 3408 8542 3400 8541
3388 8538 3389 8561 3389 8565 3423 8549
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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