Published on: September 24, 2018 at 8:38 PM

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The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Flood Advisory for…
    Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama…

* Until 1130 PM CDT.

* At 835 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. At 830 PM, the Cherokee County
    EMA was approaching 5 inches of storm total rain. Additional rainfall is expected, and this will cause minor flooding in the advisory area, especially in poor-drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
    Centre, Cedar Bluff, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Forney, Centre Municipal Airport, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Tennala, Cherokee Rock Village, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace
    Park, Blanche, Eastern Weiss Lake, Little River Falls, Slackland, Western Weiss Lake, Moshat, Ball Flat and Coloma.