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WGUS54 KHUN 180332

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ALC049-180630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1032 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1032 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF   

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DEKALB COUNTY FROM THE       

  SOUTH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. 



  DEKALB COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED PONDING OF WATER ON    

  ROADWAYS HAD ALREADY BEGUN...AND UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN CAN BE      

  EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FROM FORT PAYNE EASTWARD...THROUGH THE       

  WARNING PERIOD. IN ADDITION...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN TO THE WEST     

  WILL SLOWLY EDGE EASTWARD DURING THE WARNING PERIOD...AND ANY      

  ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING THREAT.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...GERALDINE...

  HENAGAR...IDER...POWELL...RAINSVILLE AND SYLVANIA



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING 

WATERS DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



LAT...LON 3422 8610 3442 8613 3456 8586 3486 8559

          3453 8552 3449 8558 3444 8560 3437 8564

          3421 8586



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