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ALC071-130645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1038 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1034 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  THE LAST IN A SERIES OF VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS 15 

  MILES WEST OF SKYLINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 

MPH.

  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN ABOUT 90 MINUTES ACROSS    

  WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY BETWEEN PRINCETON AND TRENTON...WITH        

  ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH LIKELY IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.



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

  BRIDGEPORT...HOLLYWOOD...SKYLINE AND STEVENSON



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



THIS AREA OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN 

EASTERN MADISON COUNTY NEAR GURLEY.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 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 3492 8630 3470 8629 3470 8580 3497 8563



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