Flash Flood Warning

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The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 549 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Little River Canyon National Preserve, Blanche, Little River Falls, New Moon, Chesterfield and Broomtown.