The Flood Warning Will Expire At 7:45 PM CDT For Etowah And Cherokee Counties

AWXVTEC FEED | August 1, 2018 @ 7:36 pm

     …THE FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT FOR ETOWAH AND
     CHEROKEE COUNTIES…
     The heavy rain has ended and flood waters have receded, no longer
     posing a threat to life or property. Please continue to heed any road
     closures.
     LAT…LON 3396 8540 3396 8549 3394 8550 3394 8553
     3396 8553 3396 8584 3391 8597 3390 8597
     3384 8606 3386 8606 3399 8620 3398 8629
     3394 8636 3411 8629 3420 8610 3420 8584
     3437 8563 3453 8552

Areal Flood Warning Issued For Parts Of Cherokee And Etowah Counties Until 7:45PM

Aug 1st @ 1:42 pm

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Flood Warning for…
Etowah County in northeastern Alabama…
Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama…

* Until 745 PM CDT Wednesday.

* At 140 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain that will cause flooding. Over two inches of rain have already fallen in the past three hours and over two inches of rain are possible through 4 pm this afternoon. Continued rainfall on saturated soils will cause water runoff that will affect urban, low lying and poor drainage areas.

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

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