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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1123 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 1120 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG THE WINSTON AND WALKER 

COUNTY LINE.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE FORMING IN THE 

CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PART OF WINSTON COUNTY.  THE RAIN WAS MOVING 

SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED 

ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 2 AM...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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