THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 615 AM CDT THURSDAY * AT 1212 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...WITH NUMEROUS ROADWAYS REPORTED CLOSED IN BRIDGEPORT AND BRYANT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED ALONG THE ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE STATE LINE IN NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY...CAUSING SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. HESTER CREEK NEAR PLEVNA IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT THIS TIME. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO ANOTHER INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 615 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SCOTTSBORO...MOORES MILL...BRIDGEPORT...HENAGAR...NEW MARKET... STEVENSON...HOLLYWOOD...SKYLINE...SECTION...PISGAH...IDER...DUTTON AND LANGSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. && LAT...LON 3456 8587 3448 8599 3446 8608 3453 8611 3452 8614 3454 8614 3453 8615 3454 8614 3460 8616 3467 8615 3471 8624 3479 8654 3499 8652 3498 8587 3499 8561 3471 8556 MC
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 05:16:51 +0000
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