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ALC079-083-103-170300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

402 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 357 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING OVER MORGAN COUNTY...SPREADING IN SPIRAL BANDS       

  WESTWARD INTO LIMESTONE AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES UP   

  TO ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE EXPECTED AS THE BANDS MOVE   

  THROUGH THE COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN SOME     

  PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD CAUSE     

  FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ARDMORE...ATHENS...COURTLAND...DECATUR...FALKVILLE...FLINT CITY...

  HARTSELLE...MOULTON...NORTH COURTLAND...PRICEVILLE...TOWN CREEK...

  TRINITY AND MORGAN CITY



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.



USE CAUTION ON ROADWAYS WITH A CONCRETE MEDIAN...THESE ROADWAYS ARE 

MOST LIKELY TO HAVE STANDING WATER...CAUSING HYDROPLANING. 



LAT...LON 3504 8679 3460 8681 3456 8657 3431 8658

      3432 8755 3461 8753 3482 8740 3477 8725

      3505 8722



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