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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1245 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 1241 PM CDT...RUNOFF FROM THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

THE PAST 36 HOURS...CONTINUES TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS MADISON 

COUNTY.  A WEATHER OBSERVER NEAR OWENS CROSSROADS REPORTED AT 1220 

PM...WATER RISING RAPIDLY ON THE FLINT RIVER...AND HE ESTIMATED THE 

RIVER IS RISING AT 2 INCHES PER HOUR. EVACUATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS IN 

THE OWENS CROSSROADS AREA...AND WATER IS OVER THE HOBBS ISLAND ROAD 

BRIDGE. WATER IS BACKING UP INTO THE FLINT RIVER FROM THE TENNESSEE 

RIVER AND THIS IS MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE. THIS IS A LIFE 

THREATENING SITUATION...IF YOU LIVE IN OWENS CROSSROADS SEEK SHELTER 

NOW  



THERE ARE OTHER AREAS FLOODED IN MADISON COUNTY INCLUDING BROWNSBORO 

ROAD AS WELL AS MCMULLEN ROAD AND FLOOD LANE.  



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 3455 8654 3473 8679 3489 8638 3463 8639



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