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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

255 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 248 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY    

  HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IVAN MOVING INTO JACKSON      

  COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH. THE AREA OF RAIN IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING    

  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH  

  THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH     

  LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.   



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BRIDGEPORT...HOLLYWOOD...PISGAH...SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE

  AND STEVENSON



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



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE

CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN FLOAT MOST

VEHICLES...INCLUDING S U VS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



LAT...LON 3498 8562 3487 8559 3462 8582 3448 8606

      3465 8618 3464 8634 3499 8632



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