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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

208 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 600 PM CST



* AT 203 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES.  RADARS HAVE SHOWN 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF MARION AND NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES 

TODAY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL 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 FLASH FLOODING.



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 3432 8807 3431 8765 3393 8764 3392 8796

          3354 8795 3393 8822



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