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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Watch

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
WGUS64 KHUN 111423
FFAHUN

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TEST...FLOOD WATCH...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
923 AM CDT TUE OCT 11 2005

ALZ001>005-007-112230-
/T.NEW.KHUN.FA.A.0002.051011T2100Z-051012T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HARTSELLE
923 AM CDT TUE OCT 11 2005

...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...
...TEST FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT TEST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TEST FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...LIMESTONE...MORGAN...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...
LAUDERDALE AND LAWRENCE.

* FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* TEST...TEST...TEST...THE TEST FLOOD WATCH SCENARIO CONTINUES.
AGAIN...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. ONE MORE
FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED TO CONCLUDE THIS TEST.

IF THIS WERE A REAL FLOOD WATCH...IT WOULD MEAN THAT FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP
INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING THREATENS.

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS TEST
MESSAGE.

$$

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