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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

314 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...REFORM...PICKENSVILLE...GORDO...

  CARROLLTON...ALICEVILLE...

  TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUSCALOOSA...NORTHPORT...HOLT...



* UNTIL 615 PM CST



* AT 309 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST 

ACROSS THE AREA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY

BEEN OBSERVED.



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

  OF ALABAMA...SAMANTHA...LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK...ETHELSVILLE...

  DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS...COKER...BROOKWOOD...BEVILLE LOCK AND

  DAM AND BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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.



LAT...LON 3352 8824 3352 8735 3332 8731 3318 8722

      3313 8733 3303 8732 3310 8758 3311 8778

      3317 8779 3310 8802 3309 8830



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