Flash Flood Warning for Cullman/NE Alabama Extended

NWS Huntsville has extended the flash flood warning for Cullman into Northeast Alabama.

WGUS54 KHUN 052029
FFWHUN
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
329 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE

* 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 630 PM CDT

* AT 324 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THREE TO
FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA…AND AN ADDITIONAL
THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER COVERING THE
ROAD IN DOWNTOWN SCOTTSBORO. MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE
CITY OF GUNTERSVILLE AS WELL. IN ADDITION…BIG WILLS CREEK IS NOW
OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS IN THE CITY OF FORT PAYNE.

* 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES…DIPS…
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM… EVEN A
SMALL ONE…ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

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

$$

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