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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

230 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 700 PM CST



* AT 230 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS COLBERT COUNTY. RAINFALL SINCE 800 AM   

  HAS BEEN UP TO TWO INCHES IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF      

  COLBERT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF CROOKED OAK...       

  LEIGHTON...AND WHITEOAK. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE  

  EXPECTED THROUGH 700 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  CHEROKEE...LEIGHTON...LITTLEVILLE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD      

  AND TUSCUMBIA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3489 8810 3489 8807 3489 8797 3480 8792

      3473 8781 3473 8777 3482 8757 3482 8751

      3479 8743 3476 8743 3457 8756 3458 8814



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