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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1148 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 145 PM CST



* AT 1142 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT TO MOVE ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY.  DALLAS

  COUNTY EMA REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE COUNTY...AND THE HEAVY

  RAIN FROM THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF

  FLASH FLOODING IN THE COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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