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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

948 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES ENTERPRISE

  SOUTHERN DALE COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES...DALEVILLE...FORT RUCKER

  GENEVA COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES GENEVA

  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES HEADLAND

  WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES DOWNTOWN DOTHAN



* UNTIL 145 AM CST...



* AT 1040 PM EST(940 PM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED THAT ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURED OVER THESE

  AREAS DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS...EXCEEDING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE...

  THIS RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ON GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAIN

  EARLIER TODAY...



* THOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS GENERALLY ENDED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE

  TO CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

  UNDERPASSES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

  FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANK OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS 

  ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP MOST

  CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS

  AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS

  THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO

  HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3156 8505 3141 8549 3122 8622 3101 8624

          3101 8578 3101 8549 3131 8509



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