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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

301 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WETUMPKA



* UNTIL 500 AM CST



* AT 300 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS ELMORE COUNTY SINCE   

  WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FALLING SOUTH OF AN 

  ELMORE TO WETUMPKA TO LAKE MARTIN LINE.  FLASH FLOODING FROM       

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TITUS...

  KENT...ECLECTIC...COOSADA AND BLUE RIDGE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 AM CST...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3274 8633 3247 8634 3248 8589 3274 8592



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