BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
514 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 514 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL
COLBERT COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO COLBERT
COUNTY NOW FROM THE WEST…AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
IS LIKELY THROUGH 7 PM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TUSCUMBIA…SHEFFIELD…MUSCLE SHOALS AND CHEROKEE
THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING ARE THE TRIBUTARIES OF
BEAR CREEK IN WESTERN COLBERT COUNTY…AND NEAR MILL CREEK IN
CENTRAL COLBERT 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.
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.
