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ALC077-040600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

958 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR    

  SHOWED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN CLOVERDALE AND 

  PETERSVILLE IN THE LAST HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY.



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

  FLORENCE...KILLEN...LEXINGTON...ROGERSVILLE AND

  UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE



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

WARNED AREA THROUGH 100 AM CDT.



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.



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 3479 8791 3480 8728 3501 8722 3501 8795



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