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Flash Flood Warning: Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall

| September 5, 2011 @ 9:48 am | Reply

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
945 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 945 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN
HUNTSVILLE INDICATED A PERSISTENT AREA OF VERY MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT
BETWEEN 3-5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALONG THE JACKSON-DEKALB
COUNTY LINE SINCE SUNDAY EVENING…WITH BETWEEN 2-3 INCHES
ELSEWHERE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE MORNING…AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL RAPIDLY
INCREASE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ALBERTVILLE…ARAB…BOAZ…BRIDGEPORT…CULLMAN…FORT PAYNE…
GUNTERSVILLE…RAINSVILLE…SCOTTSBORO…COLLINSVILLE…
CROSSVILLE…FYFFE…GERALDINE…GOOD HOPE…GRANT…HANCEVILLE…
HENAGAR…HOLLYWOOD…IDER…PISGAH…POWELL…SECTION…SKYLINE…
STEVENSON…SYLVANIA AND WOODVILLE.

PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE ALREADY REPORTED SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
OF HIGH WATER IN CULLMAN AND IN SCOTTSBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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