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ALC071-070200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

654 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 654 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF JACKSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM 

HOLLYWOOD TO NORTH OF SCOTTSBORO THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...HEAVY 

RAIN HAS ALSO FALLEN ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN SECTION OF THE COUNTY 

FROM SWAIM TO ESTILLFORK TO HYTOP. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER LINE OF 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO JACKSON 

COUNTY FROM THE WEST BY 730 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THROUGH 9 PM INCLUDE...

  HOLLYWOOD...PISGAH...SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...STEVENSON AND

  WOODVILLE



DURING FLASH FLOODING...WATER LEVELS IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN

RAPIDLY INCREASE...TRANSFORMING THEM INTO RAGING CURRENTS. NEVER

ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS BY VEHICLE OR FOOT. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND



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 8585 3486 8562 3461 8586 3454 8597

      3461 8610 3461 8632 3500 8631



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