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ALC077-212140-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1240 PM CST MON FEB 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 340 PM CST



* AT 1240 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS LAUDERDALE        

  COUNTY. AS THIS LINE STRENGTHENS AND MOVES EAST ACROSS THE         

  COUNTY THROUGH 2 PM...AVERAGE RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE. THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON GROUND THAT IS ALREADY AT OR      

  NEAR SATURATION...ESPECIALLY FROM THE FLORENCE AREA EASTWARD.

  THE RESULTING EXCESS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  FLORENCE...KILLEN...LEXINGTON...ROGERSVILLE AND

  UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE



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 ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 

TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3501 8821 3475 8781 3482 8753 3480 8723

      3503 8720



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