Flash Flood Warning: Parts of Lauderdale & Colbert Counties Until 5:45 PM

The National Weather Service in Huntsville Alabama has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for…
Southwestern Lauderdale County in northwestern Alabama…
Central Colbert County in northwestern Alabama…

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 247 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to
two inches of rain have already fallen with an additional two to
three inches of rainfall expected. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD…Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE…Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT…Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Killen, Cherokee,
Leighton, St. Florian, Underwood-Petersville and Posey Loop.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

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