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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

655 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

  MOORE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 100 AM CST



* AT 655 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.  WIDESPREAD 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED 

THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN REPORTED UNDER WATER... 

WITH SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES NOTED.  ERODING SOILS AND LANDSLIDES 

HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA.  AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND 

RIVERS ARE AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS TONIGHT.  STORM DRAINS ARE 

ALSO FILLING RAPIDLY.  HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON COMPLETELY SATURATED 

GROUND WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ATHENS...FLORENCE...HARVEST...HUNTSVILLE...LEXINGTON... 

MERIDIANVILLE...MOULTON...MUSCLE SHOALS...PHIL CAMPBELL... 

RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TOWN CREEK...TUSCUMBIA...FAYETTEVILLE... 

HUNTLAND...LYNCHBURG AND WINCHESTER. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATERS



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.  IF DRIVING...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3533 8604 3502 8590 3500 8631 3462 8635

      3460 8658 3459 8679 3470 8711 3432 8714

      3436 8814 3499 8809 3498 8681 3532 8670



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