Flash Flood Warning – Cherokee County

WGUS54 KBMX 031023
FFWBMX
ALC019-031315-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0006.150703T1023Z-150703T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
523 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 522 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CEDAR BLUFF…SAND ROCK…GAYLESVILLE…CORNWALL FURNACE PARK…
EASTERN WEISS LAKE…WESTERN WEISS LAKE…FULLERTON…BROOMTOWN AND
YELLOW CREEK FALLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT…LON 3423 8545 3422 8584 3424 8584 3424 8581
3426 8581 3426 8577 3435 8567 3437 8548

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Category: Severe Weather