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ALC033-049-071-077-083-089-062300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1149 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 1149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

NORTHERN ALABAMA...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA SINCE EARLY MORNING. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH 

ROADS UNDERWATER THROUGHOUT THE WARNED COUNTIES. THE CITIES OF 

HUNTSVILLE AND ATHENS REPORTED MANY AREAS OF THE CITY UNDERWATER 

WITH MANY ROADS IMPASSIBLE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE 

THE FLOODING SITUATION. 



* SOME MAJOR CITIES AFFECTED INCLUDE...THE QUAD CITIES AREAS... 

ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO AND FORT PAYNE.

  

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 3498 8714 3498 8776 3464 8781 3489 8736

          3471 8613 3439 8573 3495 8561



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