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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

237 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 236 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS       

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MORGAN...MARSHALL AND MADISON 

  COUNTIES. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED  

  1.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL       

  HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE FLASH        

  FLOODING AND FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  DECATUR...THE HUNTSVILLE METRO AREA...ALBERTVILLE...               

  BOAZ...GUNTERSVILLE..AND SURROUNDING AREAS.  



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN 

UNDERPASSES...INTERSECTIONS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS DURING THE 

AFTERNOON COMMUTE. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS 



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. 



LAT...LON 3498 8631 3461 8633 3460 8615 3420 8608

      3414 8633 3432 8652 3433 8711 3467 8712

      3454 8678 3498 8678



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