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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

507 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 506 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER MOST OF RUSSELL COUNTY...EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN BARBOUR 

COUNTY.   THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR 

INDICATES SOME AREAS HAVE HAD NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE 

LAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 



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 3204 8507 3202 8541 3240 8542 3250 8499

          3226 8496



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