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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

142 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 530 PM CST



* AT 142 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY ALABAMA. 

RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS ESTIMATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A 

HALF TO TWO INCHES HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST SIX HOURS. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING 

HOURS. 



LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED WATER COVERING A FEW ROADS ACROSS THE 

COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CREATE A 

CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON HOURS. 



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 3456 8755 3433 8757 3437 8805 3457 8800



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