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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

349 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERNON...SULLIGENT...



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 344 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

MIDDLE OF LAMAR COUNTY.



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

  COUNTY AIRPORT...CREWS...BEDFORD AND BEAVERTON



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



PEOPLE ALONG YELLOW CREEK SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER 

LEVELS.



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.



&&



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3379 8824 3406 8806 3406 8803 3406 8799

      3403 8798 3403 8795 3401 8795 3354 8822

      3354 8827



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