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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

758 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 758 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY   RAIN OVER WESTERN MARION COUNTY NEAR WESTON...MOVING EAST 

SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY 

THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE 

ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...

DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN

BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WHEN HEAVY RAINS

OCCUR. KEEP IN MIND THAT...THIS DEEP...FAST MOVING WATER WILL

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAINS HAVE STOPPED.



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 3430 8816 3413 8820 3396 8768 3429 8764



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