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ALC033-077-260400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

810 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 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 1100 PM CDT



* AT 810 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS       

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF COLBERT AND           

  LAUDERDALE COUNTIES. RAIN HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN THIS AREA FOR THE  

  LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEGUN 

  IN THE QUAD CITIES AREA AND CONDITIONS WILL ONLY WORSEN AS RAIN    

  CONTINUES.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  CHEROKEE...FLORENCE...KILLEN...LEIGHTON...LEXINGTON...MUSCLE

  SHOALS...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA AND UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...

INTERSECTIONS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK

ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS



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 3500 8735 3461 8750 3461 8800 3502 8798



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