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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

457 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

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTRE

  ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

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



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

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

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY 8 PM.  



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

WALNUT GROVE...SNEAD...REECE CITY...HOKES 

BLUFF...GLENCOE...FORNEY...CEDAR BLUFF...ATTALLA AND ALTOONA.



PEOPLE LIVING BELOW SMALL EARTHEN DAMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR 

RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE EMERGENCY 

ACTIONS BY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3425 8649 3388 8691 3380 8657 3400 8626

      3389 8604 3398 8576 3398 8543 3449 8554

      3422 8586 3411 8633



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