Another Flash Flood Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
656 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ONEONTA…CLEVELAND…BLOUNTSVILLE…
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…SPRINGVILLE…ODENVILLE…
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…RAINBOW CITY…GADSDEN…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 651 PM CST…LOCAL EMA OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED FLOODING
FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALNUT
GROVE…SUSAN MOORE…STEELE…SNEAD…ROSA…REECE CITY…
NOCCALULA FALLS…NECTAR…MARGARET…LOCUST FORK…GADSDEN MALL…
FAIRVIEW…BROOKSVILLE…ATTALLA…ASHVILLE…ALTOONA AND ALLGOOD

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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