More Flash Flood Problems

NOTE: In addition to the two counties in this warning, the NWS also issued another Flash Flood Warning for adjacent Dekalb County…and also until 11:45 am

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
938 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 930 AM CST…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN ALBERTVILLE AND GUNTERSVILLE
IN MARSHALL COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOTED ON RADAR OVER MUCH
OF SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRENTON…
RUSSELL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT…JERICHO…HYTOP HOLLYTREE…
WOODVILLE…SCOTTSBORO…PISGAH…PAINT ROCK…GUNTERSVILLE…
GRANT…DOUGLAS…BRIDGEPORT…BOAZ…ARAB AND ALBERTVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 AM.

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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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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