Blount County has experienced some of the worst flash-flooding so far today. Here is the text of another warning for Blount, Cherokee and Etowah County:
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1104 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ONEONTA…CLEVELAND…BLOUNTSVILLE…
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…CENTRE…CEDAR BLUFF…
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…RAINBOW CITY…MARKTON…HOKES
BLUFF…GADSDEN…
* UNTIL 300 PM CST
* AT 1053 AM CST…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PROLONG FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FAIRVIEW…ALLGOOD…ROSA…GLENCOE…SUSAN MOORE…ALTOONA…
GADSDEN MALL…WALNUT GROVE…SNEAD…BROOKSVILLE…STRAWBERRY…
MCLARTY…ATTALLA…NOCCALULA FALLS…TENNALA…ANDERSON…REECE
CITY…SLACKLAND…SARDIS CITY…CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE…
LEESBURG…TABOR ROAD…WEISS LAKE…SAND ROCK…GAYLESVILLE AND
CLOUDLAND
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
