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000 

WGUS54 KHUN 061250

FFWHUN

ALC049-061645-

/O.NEW.KHUN.FF.W.0002.080206T1247Z-080206T1645Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

647 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 1045 AM CST



* AT 647 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER MOST OF DEKALB COUNTY. THIS     

  VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY OF TWO TO THREE INCHES LESS THAN TWO    

  HOURS...COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



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

  RAINSVILLE...POWELL...FORT PAYNE...GERALDINE...CROSSVILLE...       

  COLLINSVILLE...VALLEY HEAD...MENTONE...IDER AND HENAGAR.



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.



THIS FLASH FLOODING COULD ALSO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG BIG WILLS CREEK 

FROM VALLEY HEAD TO COLLINSVILLE.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3449 8556 3438 8561 3420 8584 3419 8591

      3419 8610 3444 8611 3448 8606 3449 8598

      3460 8582 3486 8557 3452 8550

TIME...MOT...LOC 1247Z 180DEG 0KT 3446 8579



$$



JE

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000 

WGUS54 KHUN 061250

FFWHUN

ALC049-061645-

/O.NEW.KHUN.FF.W.0002.080206T1247Z-080206T1645Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

647 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 1045 AM CST



* AT 647 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER MOST OF DEKALB COUNTY. THIS     

  VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY OF TWO TO THREE INCHES LESS THAN TWO    

  HOURS...COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



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

  RAINSVILLE...POWELL...FORT PAYNE...GERALDINE...CROSSVILLE...       

  COLLINSVILLE...VALLEY HEAD...MENTONE...IDER AND HENAGAR.



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.



THIS FLASH FLOODING COULD ALSO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG BIG WILLS CREEK 

FROM VALLEY HEAD TO COLLINSVILLE.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3449 8556 3438 8561 3420 8584 3419 8591

      3419 8610 3444 8611 3448 8606 3449 8598

      3460 8582 3486 8557 3452 8550

TIME...MOT...LOC 1247Z 180DEG 0KT 3446 8579



$$



JE

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