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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

817 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 215 AM CST



* AT 817 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS       

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO LIMESTONE COUNTY...      

  ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER NEAR MOUNT ROZELL. 



RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER LIMESTONE COUNTY THROUGH MOST OF THE 

EVENING. NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHWEST LIMESTONE 

COUNTY IN THE LAST HALF HOUR...AND ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL 

RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING IN THE WARNED AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SALEM... LESTER... MOUNT ROZELL... ELKMONT... ATHENS... ARDMORE...

  TANNER... AND MOORESVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATERS



LAT...LON 3499 8681 3455 8680 3477 8723 3507 8719



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