BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
439 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 437 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILBURN…
PHELAN…LOGAN…JONES CHAPEL…CRANE HILL…BREMEN…BLACK
BOTTOM…BALDWIN…ARKADELPHIA…WEST POINT…SOUTH VINEMONT…
HANCEVILLE…GOOD HOPE…FAIRVIEW…CULLMAN AND COLONY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
CULLMAN 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.
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.
