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Saturday, August 02, 2008

Flash Flood Warning

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WGUS54 KHUN 022146
FFWHUN
ALC033-077-079-022315-
/O.NEW.KHUN.FF.W.0027.080802T2146Z-080802T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
446 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR KILLEN
SOUTHWARD TO NEAR TOWN CREEK...THE CLUSTER OF STORMS IS MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOWN
CREEK...NORTH COURTLAND...LEIGHTON AND KILLEN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
AREAS EAST OF MUSCLE SHOALS WHERE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3493 8738 3457 8730 3456 8753 3457 8754
3457 8756 3493 8753

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