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ALC017-081-123-162300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

250 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LANETT...LAFAYETTE

  LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OPELIKA...AUBURN

  TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DADEVILLE...ALEXANDER CITY



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AS MORE RAINBANDS MOVE 

NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH OVER THE AREA.





* SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL MOVE FROM OPELIKA NORTHEAST TO 

LAFAYETTE AND LANETT.





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.



LAT...LON 3255 8546 3247 8537 3254 8507 3312 8527

      3311 8599 3263 8588



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