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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1251 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ONEONTA

  WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JASPER...CORDOVA

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTRE

  ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RAINBOW CITY...GADSDEN

  WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOUBLE SPRINGS



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 1053 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED   FLASH FLOODING FROM RAINBANDS FROM IVAN...WHICH HAVE 

ALREADY PRODUCED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE WARNED.  ANOTHER 2 TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY 500 PM.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

WALNUT GROVE...SARDIS CITY...REECE 

CITY...PARRISH...OAKMAN...DORA...CLEVELAND...CEDAR  BLUFF...CARBON 

HILL...BLOUNTSVILLE...ATTALLA...ALTOONA AND ADDISON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3355 8732 3386 8690 3379 8658 3398 8626

      3390 8605 3398 8575 3400 8539 3458 8552

      3428 8589 3411 8633 3427 8649 3388 8690

      3390 8711 3434 8717 3433 8717 3431 8760

      3375 8751



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