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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1030 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 415 PM CST



* AT 1030 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED 

THAT A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS 

MUCH OF LAUDERDALE...COLBERT AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND WILL 

ALSO MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT 

CONSIDERABLE FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF LAUDERDALE AND 

COLBERT COUNTIES...AND NUMEROUS ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER AND 

CLOSED.



THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR 

COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES.



THE MAIN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED ACROSS MOST OF LAUDERDALE 

AND COLBERT COUNTIES...AND EXTENDED INTO NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY.  

SOME OF THE CITIES AFFECTED INCLUDE TUSCUMBIA...FLORENCE... 

ROGERSVILLE...AND GOOD SPRINGS.   IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN HAS 

FALLEN JUST TO THE NORTH IN TENNESSEE...AND ALL THE CREEKS AND 

STREAMS FLOWING SOUTHWARD INTO LAUDERDALE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO 

RISE FROM THIS RAINFALL. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH NOON.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 

INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA SINCE 

MIDNIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 



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 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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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