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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

604 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AGAIN MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE    

  AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES. FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN       

  OBSERVED IN THESE AREAS...AND THE ADDED RAINFALL MAY CAUSE THESE   

  PROBLEMS TO WORSEN OR RECUR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  THACH...BETHEL...TONEY...BOBO...ELKWOOD...GLADSTONE.



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.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 3500 8683 3499 8656 3478 8661 3477 8686

      3501 8688



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