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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

540 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 830 AM CST



* AT 527 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF

  THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM NEAR LEXINGTON JUST

  NORTH OF RED BAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.



DUE TO SATURATED GROUND FROM PRIOR RAINFALL...UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN 

ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE 

FLOODING IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.



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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