Flash Flood Warning, Etowah

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
815 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…RAINBOW CITY…HOKES BLUFF…
GADSDEN…

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 813 AM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS
INDICATED 2 TO 3 OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF ETOWAH
COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALNUT
GROVE…TABOR ROAD…SARDIS CITY…REECE CITY…NOCCALULA FALLS AND
ANDERSON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

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