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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1124 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 1114 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAINFALL 

ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF ALABAMA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

BETWEEN PICKWICK DAM AND WHEELER DAM.



MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 

ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED. SEVERAL LOW LYING ROADS ARE 

CLOSED FROM THE OVERNIGHT RAINFALL...SUCH AS COUNTY ROAD 130 IN 

GREENHILL...AND COUNTY ROAD 50 AT COUNTY ROAD 207 IN ANDERSON.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ARDMORE...ATHENS...CHEROKEE...FLORENCE...KILLEN...LEIGHTON...  

LEXINGTON...MUSCLE SHOALS...ROGERSVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA   



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3499 8808 3457 8811 3469 8733 3473 8679

      3499 8680



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