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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1242 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 400 AM CST



* AT 1237 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF MODERATE 

TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM HUNTSVILLE TO HARTSELLE TO CULLMAN 

TO LEWIS SMITH DAM.  THIS RAIN IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 

MPH...HOWEVER THE HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS BACK INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS HAVE RANGED FROM 

ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES. HEAVY RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 400 AM WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING...

ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND IN LARGE URBAN AREAS OF 

HUNTSVILLE...CULLMAN AND DECATUR.   



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  CULLMAN...DECATUR...HARTSELLE...HARVEST...HUNTSVILLE...MADISON...  

MERIDIANVILLE...AND REDSTONE ARSENAL



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.

$$ 

GORDON

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