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ALC033-072345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

446 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS         

  TRACKING A CLUSTER OF VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS        

  EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHEFFIELD  

  TO MUSCLE SHOALS TO COLBERT HEIGHTS...AND WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY     

  TO THE NORTH. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ONE TO ONE AND         

  HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF COLBERT COUNTY SINCE 

  330 PM. 



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

  SHEFFIELD...

  MUSCLE SHOALS...

  TUSCUMBIA...

  COLBERT HEIGHTS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3477 8752 3471 8753 3463 8773 3472 8777

      3476 8774 3476 8773 3477 8772 3483 8753

TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 180DEG 0KT 3473 8764



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