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WGUS44 KHUN 141237
FLWHUN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
737 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2024
ALC033-043-059-077-079-083-103-141800-
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COLBERT AL-CULLMAN AL-FRANKLIN AL AL-LAUDERDALE AL-LAWRENCE AL-
LIMESTONE AL-MORGAN AL-
737 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA, CULLMAN,
LIMESTONE AND MORGAN. IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA, COLBERT, FRANKLIN AL,
LAUDERDALE AND LAWRENCE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER AND ONGOING RAINFALL. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY
BECOME INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 736 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND
10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DECATUR, FLORENCE, ATHENS, CULLMAN, HARTSELLE, MUSCLE SHOALS,
RUSSELLVILLE, SHEFFIELD, TUSCUMBIA, MOULTON, HANCEVILLE,
PRICEVILLE, GOOD HOPE, TRINITY, FALKVILLE, ROGERSVILLE, PHIL
CAMPBELL, KILLEN, TOWN CREEK AND LITTLEVILLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3500 8713 3450 8677 3412 8662 3408 8670
3405 8668 3406 8670 3404 8670 3397 8677
3392 8692 3388 8692 3387 8692 3386 8699
3389 8701 3389 8709 3392 8709 3399 8715
3399 8711 3430 8711 3431 8772 3501 8804
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