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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1142 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 330 PM CST



* AT 1142 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER MOST OF LAUDERDALE AND 

COLBERT COUNTIES.  RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS SUGGEST THAT 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND HALF TO TWO INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER BOTH 

COUNTIES SINCE 5 AM.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH 

ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. 



A NUMBER OF ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY THIS MORNING 

DUE TO STANDING WATER...AND A FEW LOCATIONS IN COLBERT COUNTY ARE 

BEING IMPACTED AS WELL.  THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

MID AFTERNOON HOURS...POSING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS IN BOTH 

COUNTIES.    



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 8807 3498 8726 3476 8744 3457 8749

          3457 8813



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