Flash Flood Warning Cherokee County until 7:30 PM

AlabamaWX.com Alerts Desk | April 17, 2013 @ 4:24 pm

Same slow moving thunderstorm continues to meander about the county producing very heavy rainfall across the county. This new flash flood warning includes the town of Centre and U.S. Highway 411. Flooding is being reported along county road 163 and state highway 9. Leesburg and much of Weiss Lake are included in this warning as well. Greater than 2 inches of rain has fallen and the rain continues to fall.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CENTRE…CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…BALL FLAT…LEESBURG…
SLACKLAND AND TENNALA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

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