NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES FLOOD WARNING
1249 PM CDT Fri Oct 25 2019
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Etowah AL-Cherokee AL-
1249 PM CDT Fri Oct 25 2019
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Flood Warning for…Eastern Etowah County in northeastern Alabama and Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama…
* Until 345 PM CDT.
* At 1248 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain which will cause flooding. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include…Gadsden, Piedmont, Hokes Bluff, Centre, Cedar Bluff, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Forney, Centre Municipal Airport, Glencoe, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Tennala, Tabor Road, Cherokee Rock Village, Pleasant Gap, Cornwall Furnace Park, Blanche, Eastern Weiss Lake and Ball Play.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to two inches are possible in the warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.