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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

427 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005



ALC019-122230-

CHEROKEE AL-

427 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL

CHEROKEE COUNTY...



AT 420 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE CENTRE 

AREA...EVEN THOUGH THE INITIAL STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 

WEAKENED.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CEDAR BLUFF 

AND CENTRE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE FROM 

ADDITIONAL APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS.  

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3428 8576 3410 8574 3410 8546 3432 8549



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