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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1215 AM CDT SAT APR 8 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 1215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

A TRAIN OF REPEATING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A 

LINE THAT INCLUDES CULLMAN COUNTY AND MUCH OF MARSHALL AND DEKALB 

COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ALABAMA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP 

TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN SPOTS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

THIS WILL CAUSE RAPID PONDING OF WATER AND RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND 

STREAMS.       



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

  ALBERTVILLE...ARAB...BOAZ...COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...CULLMAN...

  FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...GERALDINE...GOOD HOPE...GUNTERSVILLE...       

  HANCEVILLE AND RAINSVILLE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3427 8643 3413 8631 3421 8611 3423 8586

      3442 8564 3460 8553 3450 8604 3448 8618

      3444 8637 3442 8658 3434 8659 3430 8709

      3393 8709 3389 8697



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