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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

516 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 516 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  HAD FALLEN ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN   

  SPREADING IN FROM THE NORTH AND EAST. RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO       

  INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...AND FRANKLIN       

  COUNTIES SINCE THIS MORNING...WITH TOTALS LOCALLY AS HIGH AS THREE 

  TO FOUR INCHES. RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY     

  HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID EVENING...WHICH COULD      

  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  CHEROKEE...FLORENCE...KILLEN...LEIGHTON...LEXINGTON...

  LITTLEVILLE...MUSCLE SHOALS...PHIL CAMPBELL...RED BAY...

  ROGERSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA...

  UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE AND BELGREEN



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATERS



LAT...LON 3503 8722 3478 8727 3477 8742 3453 8755

      3428 8754 3425 8823 3506 8820



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