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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1224 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.
* AT 1224 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING FROM
PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 5 AND 6
INCHES OF RAIN ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ACROSS
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY FLOODED, INCLUDING THE SPRING
GARDEN COMMUNITY.
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...
PIEDMONT, PLEASANT GAP, BORDEN SPRINGS AND SPRING GARDEN.
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 3407 8543 3391 8539 3388 8538 3389 8561
3389 8565 3407 8555
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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