Flash Flood Warning for Cherokee County

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* AT 953 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

HAZARD…FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.

SOURCE…RADAR.

IMPACT…FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE…
CEDAR BLUFF, LITTLE RIVER CANYON NATIONAL PRESERVE, LEESBURG, SAND
ROCK, GAYLESVILLE, BLANCHE, CORNWALL FURNACE PARK, LITTLE RIVER
FALLS, EASTERN WEISS LAKE, WESTERN WEISS LAKE, BROOMTOWN,
FULLERTON, NEW MOON, CHESNUT BAY RESORT, YELLOW CREEK FALLS AND
CHESTERFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Severe Weather, Tropical