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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1259 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2026
ALC019-112100-
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CHEROKEE AL-
1259 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...EAST CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 400 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1259 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. BETWEEN 1
AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROOMTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3432 8562 3429 8551 3436 8548 3438 8560
87/GRANTHAM
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