BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1043 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 245 PM CST
* AT 1043 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT
IS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY…AND WILL REACH
MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES AROUND 11 AM…AND MORGAN COUNTY
AROUND 1130 AM. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS…TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN THESE AREAS AND SOME CREEKS ARE
ALREADY AT BANKFULL. THEREFORE…FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL IS HIGH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MORGAN
CITY…SYLVANIA…SECTION…RAINSVILLE…POWELL…HENAGAR…
HARTSELLE…HANCEVILLE…GUNTERSVILLE…GRANT…GOOD HOPE…
GERALDINE…FYFFE…FORT PAYNE…FALKVILLE…CULLMAN…
CROSSVILLE…COLLINSVILLE…BOAZ…ARAB AND ALBERTVILLE.
AT 945 AM…BIG WILLS CREEK NEAR FORT PAYNE WAS AT 10.14 FEET AND
NEARLY STEADY. FLOOD STAGE IS 11.00 FEET. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN
ARRIVING IS LIKELY TO SEND THE CREEK OVER FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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.
