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ALC071-191430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

620 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 618 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF JACKSON COUNTY. RAINFALL OF THREE     

  QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER HAS FALLEN IN THE     

  LAST HOUR...AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT       

  COUPLE OF HOURS. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE RUGGED TERRAIN...FLASH   

  FLOODING WILL BE EVEN MORE LIKELY NEAR STEEP DROPOFFS.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BRIDGEPORT...HOLLYWOOD...PISGAH...SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...

  STEVENSON AND WOODVILLE



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



LAT...LON 3500 8560 3481 8558 3445 8600 3463 8636

      3501 8635



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