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Monday, June 20, 2005

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Warning

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WGUS54 KHUN 202307
FFWHUN
ALC071-210200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
607 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM MERGING THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED NEAR SKYLINE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHWEST.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
HOLLYWOOD...SCOTTSBORO AND SKYLINE

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3474 8583 3498 8588 3499 8625 3465 8632
3451 8607

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