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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1129 AM 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 130 PM CDT
* AT 1129 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 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN
JACKSON AND FAR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES…AS WELL AS
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF DEKALB COUNTY SINCE SUNDAY EVENING. BETWEEN 3
AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 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.
DEKALB COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A CREEK OUT OF ITS BANK
AND CAUSING EROSION NEAR KILPATRICK. A REPORT OF 6 ROAD CLOSURES IN
SCOTTSBORO WAS ALSO RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
HUNTSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
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
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