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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

727 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAYETTE...

  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

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

  NORTH CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 726 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES

  EAST OF BLUFF TO 15 MILES WEST OF ETHELSVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINFIELD TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF

  COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



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

  BELK...KENNEDY...ASHCRAFT CORNER...VERNON AND BANKSTON. VERY HEAVY 

  RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THAT WILL PRODUCE SOME FLOODING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



&&



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3394 8822 3391 8794 3372 8755 3357 8773

      3340 8825 3356 8828



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