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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1156 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
* AT 1156 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA, ESPECIALLY ALONG SAND MOUNTAIN
AND LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THIS AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
ALBERTVILLE, SCOTTSBORO, HARTSELLE, FORT PAYNE, BOAZ, GUNTERSVILLE,
ARAB, RAINSVILLE, HENAGAR, CROSSVILLE, SYLVANIA, OWENS CROSS ROADS,
FALKVILLE, FYFFE, POWELL, GRANT, GERALDINE, HOLLY POND AND SECTION.
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.
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 3443 8698 3460 8634 3460 8635 3474 8556
3452 8551 3448 8558 3444 8558 3437 8564
3426 8577 3424 8584 3420 8584 3418 8619
3410 8630 3426 8645 3425 8652 3421 8655
3418 8655 3415 8659 3414 8659
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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