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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

527 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RAINBOW CITY...GADSDEN



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 527 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SARDIS

  CITY.



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 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 3413 8585 3413 8579 3400 8574 3395 8574

      3397 8587 3391 8592 3393 8597 3386 8602

      3390 8613 3399 8620 3399 8629 3392 8634

      3393 8637 3411 8630 3418 8620 3420 8610

      3421 8585



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