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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

102 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 700 PM CST



* AT 1257 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY 

  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...AND MADISON           

  COUNTIES...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY.    

  RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES FELL IN THE WARNED AREA LAST         

  NIGHT...AND MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES   

  SINCE THEN. CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING AROUND BANKFULL...AND   

  MAINLY STANDING WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SOME STREETS. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD PUSH THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS OVER THEIR 

BANKS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ARDMORE...ATHENS...FLORENCE...GURLEY...HARVEST...HUNTSVILLE...

  LEXINGTON...MADISON...MERIDIANVILLE...MOULTON...NEW MARKET...

  NORTH COURTLAND...ROGERSVILLE...AND TOWN CREEK.



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. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN FLOAT MOST

VEHICLES...INCLUDING S U VS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



LAT...LON 3499 8635 3452 8636 3459 8659 3461 8682

      3473 8714 3434 8712 3433 8753 3456 8753

      3465 8748 3465 8745 3476 8741 3482 8745

      3483 8757 3477 8785 3490 8797 3500 8816



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