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WGUS54 KHUN 170045
FFWHUN
ALC049-170630-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WAS OCCURRING OVER ALL OF DEKALB COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS OF TWO TO
FIVE INCHES HAVE OCCURRED TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO
INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 59.

FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG BIG WILLS CREEK IN FORT
PAYNE...WITH WATER OVER BRIDGES AND FLASH FLOODING BEGINNING TO
OCCUR ALONG THE CREEK IN THE CITY. AT 645 PM CDT...THE RIVER STAGE
ON BIG WILLS CREEK NEAR FORT PAYNE ON HIGHWAY 35 WAS 10.74 FEET
AND RISING RAPIDLY. THE RIVER ROSE NEARLY HALF A FOOT FROM 630 PM
UNTIL 645 PM. THE RIVER HAS RISEN FOUR AND A HALF FEET IN THE
LAST FOUR HOURS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION!

FLOODING ALONG BIG WILLS CREEK WILL CONTINUE AND WILL LIKELY
APPROACH THE FLOOD LEVELS OF FEBRUARY 2003 SHORTLY.

IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS. PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY!

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...GERALDINE...
HENAGAR...IDER...POWELL...RAINSVILLE AND SYLVANIA

MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...
INTERSECTIONS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS!

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!

LAT...LON 3489 8560 3453 8552 3421 8585 3420 8611
3446 8611 3457 8585

$$

JE/23


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