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ALC079-060815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

852 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 215 AM CST



* AT 852 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY. EVEN ONE 

INCH OF RAIN WILL BRING MOST CREEKS AND STREAMS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY 

TO BANKFULL. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN LAWRENCE 

COUNTY THIS EVENING. FLOODING IS LIKELY ON BIG NANCE CREEK.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  COURTLAND...MOULTON...NORTH COURTLAND AND TOWN CREEK



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



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3476 8742 3477 8733 3469 8712 3431 8712

          3431 8752 3455 8752



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