Flash Flood Warning: NE Alabama, Includes Cullman

WGUS54 KHUN 051445
FFWHUN
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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.

&&

LAT…LON 3420 8584 3421 8611 3410 8629 3425 8651
3412 8660 3386 8695 3390 8709 3399 8715
3399 8711 3431 8711 3431 8658 3454 8655
3447 8647 3451 8633 3487 8635 3494 8629
3493 8626 3499 8631 3498 8560 3454 8551

$$

70/DD



Category: Alabama's Weather