BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
136 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…TUSCUMBIA…SHEFFIELD…MUSCLE
SHOALS…
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…RUSSELLVILLE…RED BAY…
LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE…FLORENCE…
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOULTON…
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 136 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A HIGH POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL FROM SEVERAL
CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL WILL EXIST IN
AREAS THAT RECEIVED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR TODAY AND SINCE
LAST EVENING.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BELGREEN…LITTLEVILLE…KILLEN…PHIL CAMPBELL…LEIGHTON…
LEXINGTON…TOWN CREEK…ROGERSVILLE AND NORTH COURTLAND
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. LOCAL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 3 INCHES IN A FEW AREAS.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
