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WGUS54 KHUN 221658

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ALC077-221800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1158 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 1156 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL    

  WAS AGAIN MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...ABOUT 10    

  MILES NORTH OF IUKA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. UP TO THREE AND A     

  HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF LAUDERDALE  

  COUNTY THIS MORNING...AND FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE        

  LEXINGTON AREA.



WHILE FLOOD WATERS WILL GENERALLY RECEDE DURING THE NEXT HOUR...THE 

ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE THE WATERS TO RECEDE MORE SLOWLY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  KILLEN...LEXINGTON...ROGERSVILLE AND UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE



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 FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3502 8840 3484 8836 3491 8808 3478 8725

          3513 8723



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