WFO BIRMINGHAM Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, February 20, 2019
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
204 PM CST WED FEB 20 2019
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Poor Drainage Areas
for...
Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama...
* Until 500 PM CST.
* At 202 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms spreading across the area. This rain was falling on
areas that have received heavy rain during the past couple of
days. A quick one to two inches of rain is possible in some
areas...and this may cause localized flooding of streets and
roadways...especially in low-lying flood prone areas with poor
drainage or near small creeks and streams.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Centre, Cedar Bluff, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Forney,
Centre Municipal Airport, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville,
Tennala, Cherokee Rock Village, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace
Park, Blanche, Eastern Weiss Lake, Little River Falls, Slackland,
Western Weiss Lake, Moshat, Ball Flat and Coloma.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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