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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
418 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 410 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 
  SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IN MUSCLE SHOALS AND TUSCUMBIA. 
  THE SOUTHGATE MALL PARKING LOT WAS COMPLETELY UNDER WATER AND 
  AREAS ALONG WOODWARD AVENUE WERE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT FLASH 
  FLOODING. IN ADDITION...LOCATIONS IN WESTERN COLBERT AND 
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF 
  RAINFALL SINCE THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. 

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITIES OF FLORENCE... 
  MUSCLE SHOALS AND TUSCUMBIA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING 
  SITUATION.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... 
  FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA...UNDERWOOD-
  PETERSVILLE...CHEROKEE...ROGERSVILLE...KILLEN...LITTLEVILLE... 
  LEIGHTON...LEXINGTON...ANDERSON...SAINT FLORIAN AND WATERLOO.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED 
THROUGH MID EVENING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE 
AND MAJOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 
UNDERPASSES. 


&&

LAT...LON 3501 8820 3500 8721 3482 8721 3478 8728
      3476 8727 3478 8733 3480 8736 3481 8741
      3478 8743 3477 8742 3471 8743 3462 8750
      3457 8752 3459 8814 3489 8810 3491 8814

$$