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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

514 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 514 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR TUSCALOOSA.



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

  NORTHPORT...KELLERMAN...HOLT...TUSCALOOSA...FOSTERS AND BROOKWOOD.



ISOLATED SPOTS HAVE RECEIVED TWO INCHES OF RAIN AND AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS 

AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT 

TO FLOODING.



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 3348 8742 3347 8778 3300 8775 3302 8735

      3323 8715



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