Flash Flood Warning: Calhoun/Cherokee
Radar indicating 4 to 5 inches of rain near and north of Piedmont.
The rain is welcome, but is can cause serious problems when it falls quickly.
Heavy rain is still falling in that area.
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
627 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 623 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS INDICATED SEVERAL
BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR HAS INDICATED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE AREA
NEAR KNIGHTENS CROSSROADS…WITH RAIN CONTINUING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
PIEDMONT AND BALL FLAT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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