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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

735 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 130 PM CST



* AT 735 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES 

NORTHEAST OUT OF CULLMAN COUNTY  THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...  

ALBERTVILLE...ARAB...CROSSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...  

GERALDINE...GRANT...GUNTERSVILLE...HENAGAR...IDER...POWELL...  

RAINSVILLE AND SYLVANIA.



MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING THIS 

MORNING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3434 8654 3416 8631 3427 8589 3443 8560

      3479 8561 3442 8608 3459 8625 3449 8655



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