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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

806 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN MANUEL COUNTY.



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

  AND GARFIELD.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG AND NEAR 

FIFTEEN MILE CREEK..REEDY CREEK...AND THE CANOOCHEE RIVER. 

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

WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-866-763-4466.



LAT...LON 3254 8203 3255 8209 3246 8219 3270 8243

      3275 8243 3277 8240 3280 8241 3283 8232

      3279 8221 3281 8215 3267 8210 3260 8200



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