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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

958 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

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 958 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS      

  FOUND ALONG THE ELK RIVER BASIN IN LIMESTONE COUNTY...AND IN THE   

  QUAD CITIES AREA...AND WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS   

  UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST BANDS.   

  EVEN WHERE RAIN IS BEGINNING TO LIGHTEN IN INTENSITY...ESPECIALLY  

  OVER MORGAN COUNTY...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE AND CREEKS AND STREAMS   

  WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGHER AND FASTER THAN NORMAL.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ARDMORE...ATHENS...CHEROKEE...COURTLAND...DECATUR...FALKVILLE...

  FLINT CITY...FLORENCE...HARTSELLE...KILLEN...LEIGHTON...

  LEXINGTON...LITTLEVILLE...MOULTON...MUSCLE SHOALS...NORTH

  COURTLAND...PHIL CAMPBELL...PRICEVILLE...RED BAY...ROGERSVILLE...

  RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TOWN CREEK...TRINITY...TUSCUMBIA...

  UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...BELGREEN AND MORGAN CITY



DURING FLASH FLOODING...WATER LEVELS IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN

RAPIDLY INCREASE...TRANSFORMING THEM INTO RAGING CURRENTS. NEVER

ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS BY VEHICLE OR FOOT. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND



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 3506 8679 3458 8680 3458 8656 3430 8657

      3430 8714 3430 8822 3506 8821



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