BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1022 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1019 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ANYWHERE
FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ETOWAH
COUNTY. WITH STORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS…ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING LIKELY OVER LOWER
LYING AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILSONIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
