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WGUS54 KHUN 212240

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ALC071-220130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

440 PM CST MON FEB 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 730 PM CST



* AT 440 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL AND     

  SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY. 



RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAINT ROCK 

VALLEY...ATOP SAND MOUNTAIN BETWEEN FABIUS AND FLAT ROCK...AND 

BETWEEN DUTTON AND POWELL.



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

  BRIDGEPORT...HOLLYWOOD...PISGAH...SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...

  STEVENSON AND WOODVILLE



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE 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 3462 8635 3448 8605 3458 8582 3488 8558

      3500 8562 3499 8630



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