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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

149 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MADISON 

COUNTY. EARLIER STORMS DROPPED ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE TONEY AND 

ELKWOOD AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE 

EXPECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR TO 90 MINUTES ACROSS THE COUNTY.



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

  GURLEY...HARVEST...HAZEL GREEN...HUNTSVILLE...MADISON...

  MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...NEW MARKET...OWENS CROSSROADS...

  REDSTONE ARSENAL AND TRIANA



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



USE EXTRA CAUTION ON ELEVATED HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES WITH A 

CONCRETE MEDIAN. PONDING OF WATER OF ROADWAYS CAN OCCUR VERY 

RAPIDLY. HYDROPLANING IS A MAJOR CONCERN TAKE IT SLOW ON THE 

ROADWAYS



LAT...LON 3454 8679 3448 8646 3450 8631 3499 8631

      3499 8679



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