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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

454 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AUTAUGA COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  DALLAS COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  ELMORE COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  LOWNDES COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 800 PM CST



* AT 449 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THIS RAIN IS 

FALLING IN AN AREA WHERE AN ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3265 8699 3249 8702 3247 8741 3216 8726

          3208 8700 3202 8604 3241 8605 3274 8592

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