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ALC049-071-089-095-170900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

128 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 128 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WAS     

  CONTINUING...AND FLOODING WAS STILL REPORTED IN SPORADIC LOCATIONS 

  ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. 



IN MADISON COUNTY...RIVERS AND CREEKS HAVE RISEN DURING THE          

EVENING...WITH INDIAN CREEK AT MADISON NEAR BANKFULL. IN MARSHALL    

COUNTY...WATER WAS OVER A COUPLE BRIDGES IN ARAB...AND THE RIVER     

GAGE ON SCARHAM CREEK NEAR MCVILLE WAS AT 11.2 FEET. IN DEKALB 

COUNTY...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING...BUT BEGINNING TO 

SUBSIDE...ON BIG WILLS CREEK NEAR FORT PAYNE. AT 1245 AM...THE STAGE 

ON BIG WILLS CREEK WAS 13.3 FEET AND STILL RISING. THIS IS JUST 

BELOW THE LEVELS OF MAY 2003. THE STAGE ON THE EAST FORK LITTLE 

RIVER AT DESOTO STATE PARK WAS 16.0 FEET...AND WATER WAS REPORTEDLY 

NEARLY OVER THE BRIDGE AT ALPINE CAMP. IN JACKSON COUNTY...FLOODING 

WAS REPORTED IN PAINT ROCK AND BRYANT...AND ON HIGHWAY 71 ON SAND 

MOUNTAIN. 



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 3502 8561 3434 8550 3404 8630 3434 8655

      3457 8658 3459 8681 3500 8680



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