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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

602 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 558 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF TALLADEGA COUNTY.  SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN PER

  HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



MOST FLASH FLOODING DEATHS ARE AUTOMOBILE RELATED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 



CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT FLOODING CONDITIONS.



LAT...LON 3364 8613 3320 8639 3320 8621 3356 8592



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