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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

459 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 459 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY    

  RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING 5 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...OR ABOUT 15     

  MILES NORTHEAST OF UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE. RADAR INDICATES UP TO AN 

  INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  KILLEN AND LEXINGTON



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE

CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN FLOAT MOST

VEHICLES...INCLUDING S U VS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



LAT...LON 3500 8758 3485 8761 3485 8748 3484 8740

          3482 8724 3500 8723



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