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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

325 PM 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 730 PM CST



* AT 325 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED CONTINUED RAINFALL 

ACROSS LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES. RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS 

ESTIMATE ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN DURING 

THE PAST SIX HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.



REPORTS FROM LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES INDICATE WATER IS STILL 

COVERING MANY ROADS...WITH SEVERAL ROADS IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY 

REMAINING CLOSED. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 

FEW HOURS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...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 3497 8737 3461 8751 3461 8809 3498 8808



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