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Wednesday, April 06, 2005

NewsChannel 19/Corr Wireless E-Warn: Flash Flood Warning

From NewsChannel 19/Corr Wireless E-Warn:
WGUS54 KHUN 062224
FFWHUN
ALC033-059-077-070415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
524 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST
ALABAMA...WITH ADDITIONAL BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH AN INITIAL BAND OF RAINFALL
THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLIER TODAY. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN LAUDERDALE
COUNTY REPORT SEVERAL ROADS BEING CLOSED.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
CHEROKEE...FLORENCE...KILLEN...LEIGHTON...LITTLEVILLE...MUSCLE
SHOALS...PHIL CAMPBELL...RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA...
UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE AND BELGREEN

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

LAT...LON 3435 8806 3435 8766 3495 8734 3497 8804

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