ABC 33/40 E-WARN: FFWBHM

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WGUS54 KBMX 162200
FFWBHM
ALC009-019-055-170100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
457 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ONEONTA
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTRE
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RAINBOW CITY...GADSDEN

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE BY 8 PM.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WALNUT GROVE...SNEAD...REECE CITY...HOKES
BLUFF...GLENCOE...FORNEY...CEDAR BLUFF...ATTALLA AND ALTOONA.

PEOPLE LIVING BELOW SMALL EARTHEN DAMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE EMERGENCY
ACTIONS BY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3425 8649 3388 8691 3380 8657 3400 8626
3389 8604 3398 8576 3398 8543 3449 8554
3422 8586 3411 8633

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