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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

550 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 550 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH EASTERN WALKER 

COUNTY.  PREVIOUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS MOST OF THE 

COUNTY EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON...AND RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE 

COUNTY...PARTICULARLY IN THE CARBON HILL TO JASPER AREAS.  THIS IS 

LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME FLOODING OF AREA ROADS...AND THE OVERFLOW 

OF SMALLER STREAMS AS WELL.  THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY 

PERSIST THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS.      



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.

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