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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

432 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 1000 AM CST



* AT 432 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAINFALL 

ACROSS MOST OF DEKALB AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY 

PRODUCED OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR.  BIG WILLS CREEK IS 

OUT OF ITS BANKS IN DEKALB COUNTY. WITH ANOTHER HALF AN INCH 

EXPECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR...FLOODING WILL COMMENCE...ESPECIALLY IN 

THE LOW LYING AREAS AND VALLEY AREAS AROUND HIGHER TERRAIN. RUNOFF 

WILL BE HEAVY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.    



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ALBERTVILLE...BOAZ...COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...     

  GRANT...GUNTERSVILLE...POWELL... AND RAINSVILLE



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. 

$$ 

JDG

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