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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

650 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  BARBOUR COUNTY

  BULLOCK COUNTY

  LEE COUNTY

  MACON COUNTY

  PIKE COUNTY

  RUSSELL COUNTY



* UNTIL 945 PM CST



* AT 644 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER

  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO EASTERN 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 THESE STORM 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH 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.

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