Areal Flood Advisory Issued For Parts Of Cherokee And Etowah Counties Until 4:45PM

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Poor Drainage Areas for…
    Etowah County in northeastern Alabama…
    Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama…

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 152 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms continued to spread across the area. Rainfall of one to two inches has already fallen in localized areas and another inch is possible during the next hour. This will produce flooding of some streets and roadways in the area…especially near small creeks and streams and in low-lying flood prone areas with poor drainage.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
    Gadsden, Rainbow City, Attalla, Piedmont, Hokes Bluff, Centre, Cedar Bluff, Forney, Centre Municipal Airport, Glencoe, Sardis
    City, Steele, Leesburg, Altoona, Walnut Grove, Reece City, Sand
    Rock, Gaylesville, Cherokee Rock Village and Aurora.

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