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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1135 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1133 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF MARION AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI WILL MOVE INTO 

THESE COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.

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