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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

938 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 1200 PM CDT



* AT 938 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE JACKSON AND 

DEKALB COUNTY LINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  FORT PAYNE...HENAGAR AND SYLVANIA



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES WERE REPORTED IN THE HENAGAR AREA 

OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS MOVING INTO DEKALB COUNTY HAVE PRODUCED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ALABAMA. 

RESIDENTS ACROSS DEKALB COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADDITIONAL 

AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES THIS MORNING. THESE AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 

CAUSE RUNOFF AND FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 3465 8571 3453 8587 3327 8427 3362 8392



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