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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
528 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2018

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 528 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MULTIPLE ROADS IN
CENTRE WERE REPORTED IMPASSABLE. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GADSDEN, RAINBOW CITY, ATTALLA, HOKES BLUFF, CENTRE, CEDAR BLUFF,
FORNEY, CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GLENCOE, STEELE, LEESBURG, REECE
CITY, SAND ROCK, GAYLESVILLE, TENNALA, TABOR ROAD, CHEROKEE ROCK
VILLAGE, PLEASANT GAP, CORNWALL FURNACE PARK AND EASTERN WEISS
LAKE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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