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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

543 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 533 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CALHOUN COUNTY. RADAR 

INDICATED THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN NEAR JACKSONVILLE IN THE LAST 

HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY OCCUR THROUGH 7 

PM.



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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