Here is an urgent message tonight for our friends up in Fort Payne…
Flooding may occur in some buildings overnight…
This has been a location of historical flooding…
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1029 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
ALC049-110830-
1029 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN…
CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT PAYNE…
* UNTIL 230 AM CST
* RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED THE BIG WILLS
CREEK TO SPILL OUT OF ITS BANKS. AT 1029 PM CST…THE RIVER GAGE
AT THE BIG WILLS CREEK NORTHWEST OF FORT PAYNE INDICATED A CREEK
LEVEL HAD ALREADY EXCEEDED 10 FEET. AT ITS CURRENT RATE…BIG
WILLS CREEK WILL QUICKLY REACH FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FEET…AND MAY
EXCEED MODERATE FLOOD LEVELS OF 13 FEET. HOWEVER…ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT.
AT 11 FEET…THE RIVER SPILLS OVER INTO THE FLOOD PLAIN NEAR HIGHWAY
35. AT 13 FEET…FLOODING OF ROADS AND BUSINESSES ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF FORT PAYNE…NORTH OF INTERSTATE 59…IS POSSIBLE.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER…ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
