ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KHUN 072151
FFWHUN
ALC033-072345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
446 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A CLUSTER OF VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHEFFIELD
TO MUSCLE SHOALS TO COLBERT HEIGHTS...AND WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY
TO THE NORTH. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ONE TO ONE AND
HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF COLBERT COUNTY SINCE
330 PM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
SHEFFIELD...
MUSCLE SHOALS...
TUSCUMBIA...
COLBERT HEIGHTS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3477 8752 3471 8753 3463 8773 3472 8777
3476 8774 3476 8773 3477 8772 3483 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 180DEG 0KT 3473 8764

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CBD

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