Flash Flood Warning DeKalb County – Until 3:00PM

Posted on: 12:00 pm, August 9, 2012, by

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1155 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY. UP TO TWO 
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND AS WELL
AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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