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WGUS54 KHUN 261941

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ALC077-262300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

241 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 241 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS       

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LAUDERDALE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY  

  IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY NEAR WRIGHT AND SMITHSONIA...    

  AND THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY...NEAR FLORENCE...ST.           

  FLORIAN...AND KILLEN. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN  

  IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...AND ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  FLORENCE...KILLEN...LEXINGTON...ROGERSVILLE...SMITHSONIA...WRIGHT  

  AND UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3503 8721 3475 8726 3483 8757 3474 8779

      3481 8793 3490 8798 3491 8809 3505 8809



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