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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1043 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1039 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM SARDIS CITY TO FORNEY...OR FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOAZ

  TO 11 MILES EAST OF CENTRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME 

  AREAS IN CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES

  OF RAIN IN THE LAST FEW HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 OR MORE INCHES

  OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE...AS MORE RAIN MOVES IN FROM THE WEST.



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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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



LAT...LON 3402 8629 3394 8603 3401 8543 3445 8552

          3420 8584 3417 8619



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