Published on: September 5, 2011 at 1:29 PM

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
129 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 129 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN
HUNTSVILLE INDICATED THAT PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT
BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF DEKALB COUNTY SINCE SUNDAY EVENING…WITH BETWEEN 4
AND 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON…AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ALBERTVILLE…ARAB…BOAZ…BRIDGEPORT…CULLMAN…FORT PAYNE…
GUNTERSVILLE…RAINSVILLE…SCOTTSBORO…COLLINSVILLE…
CROSSVILLE…FYFFE…GERALDINE…GOOD HOPE…GRANT…HANCEVILLE…
HENAGAR…HOLLYWOOD…IDER…PISGAH…POWELL…SECTION…SKYLINE…
STEVENSON…SYLVANIA AND WOODVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. 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 OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT…LON 3420 8584 3421 8611 3410 8629 3425 8651
3412 8660 3386 8695 3390 8709 3399 8715
3399 8711 3431 8711 3431 8658 3454 8655
3447 8647 3451 8633 3487 8635 3494 8629
3493 8626 3499 8631 3498 8560 3454 8551

$$

70/DD