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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1255 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1254 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY FROM PLEASANT HILL TO 

HAYNEVILLE...TO LETOHATCHEE IS MOVING EAST AND OUT OF THE COUNTY.



*A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS TRAINED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF 

LOWNDES THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS PRODUCING ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 

5 INCHES OF RAIN.  THE MAIN AREA OF RAIN HAS EXITED THE COUNTY...BUT 

IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS FOR THE RUNOFF TO SUBSIDE.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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.



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 3227 8649 3207 8643 3202 8684 3218 8687

          3230 8674



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