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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

925 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 925 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS STILL OCCURRING OVER MADISON COUNTY...EVEN THOUGH RADAR        

  RETURNS HAD DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT. THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT RISES 

  ON CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



  INDIAN CREEK AT MADISON IS APPROACHING BANKFULL...AND THERE HAVE   

  BEEN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON OTHER CREEKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.      

  HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME THE CREEKS ARE POSING NO FLOODING PROBLEMS.



  RAINFALL TOTALS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. AN  

  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE DURING THE WARNING        

  PERIOD...POSSIBLY MORE IF PRECIPITATION WRAPS AROUND BEHIND THE    

  CENTER OF IVAN LATER TONIGHT.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  GURLEY...HARVEST...HAZEL GREEN...HUNTSVILLE...MADISON...

  MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...NEW HOPE...NEW MARKET...OWENS

  CROSSROADS...REDSTONE ARSENAL AND TRIANA



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



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 3500 8633 3452 8631 3449 8647 3457 8679

      3500 8679



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