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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

514 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL 

  COLBERT COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO COLBERT       

  COUNTY NOW FROM THE WEST...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

  IS LIKELY THROUGH 7 PM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  TUSCUMBIA...SHEFFIELD...MUSCLE SHOALS AND CHEROKEE



THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING ARE THE TRIBUTARIES OF 

BEAR CREEK IN WESTERN COLBERT COUNTY...AND NEAR MILL CREEK IN 

CENTRAL COLBERT COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3488 8795 3482 8793 3473 8779 3479 8765

      3477 8756 3456 8765 3457 8812 3459 8814

      3477 8813 3490 8810 3490 8805



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