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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

745 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 745 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING OVER ALL OF DEKALB COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS OF TWO TO     

  FIVE INCHES HAVE OCCURRED TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO       

  INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 59. 



  FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG BIG WILLS CREEK IN FORT   

  PAYNE...WITH WATER OVER BRIDGES AND FLASH FLOODING BEGINNING TO    

  OCCUR ALONG THE CREEK IN THE CITY. AT 645 PM CDT...THE RIVER STAGE 

  ON BIG WILLS CREEK NEAR FORT PAYNE ON HIGHWAY 35 WAS 10.74 FEET    

  AND RISING RAPIDLY. THE RIVER ROSE NEARLY HALF A FOOT FROM 630 PM  

  UNTIL 645 PM. THE RIVER HAS RISEN FOUR AND A HALF FEET IN THE      

  LAST FOUR HOURS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION



  FLOODING ALONG BIG WILLS CREEK WILL CONTINUE AND WILL LIKELY       

  APPROACH THE FLOOD LEVELS OF FEBRUARY 2003 SHORTLY. 



  IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF   

  THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS. PONDING OF WATER ON   

  ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...GERALDINE...

  HENAGAR...IDER...POWELL...RAINSVILLE AND SYLVANIA



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...

INTERSECTIONS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK

ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS



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 3489 8560 3453 8552 3421 8585 3420 8611

      3446 8611 3457 8585



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