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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1259 AM CST TUE DEC 7 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

  MOORE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 700 AM CST



* AT 1259 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

CONTINUING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.  ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT.  AFTER 

WIDESPREAD THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-MORNING.  LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.  



RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL KEEP AREA RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL TONIGHT.  NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

UNDER WATER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.  HEAVY RAIN 

WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED FLOODING OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN 

LOW-LYING AREAS.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

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

MADISON...MOULTON...MUSCLE SHOALS...PHIL CAMPBELL...SHEFFIELD...TOWN 

CREEK...FAYETTEVILLE...LYNCHBURG...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 3530 8598 3500 8588 3500 8631 3454 8636

      3457 8680 3468 8710 3431 8713 3437 8814

      3499 8807 3500 8685 3526 8681 3539 8630



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