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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

940 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AUTAUGA COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR JONES...TO R.F. HENRY LOCK AND DAM...TO 

NEAR TYLER...TO NEAR WHITE HALL. THE AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING VERY 

LITTLE. UP TO 3.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF 

NORTHWEST LOWNDES...WESTERN AUTAUGA...AND EASTERN DALLAS COUNTIES IN 

THE PAST TWO HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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.



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 3242 8723 3212 8680 3240 8667 3265 8691



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