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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

449 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 444 AM CDT...LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AT LAKE 

CHINNABEE IN NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE 

ALONG THE LAKE AND NEARBY STREAMS...AND CAMPGROUNDS AND NEARBY 

ROADWAYS ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AND AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO 

CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO 

REMAIN IN A SAFE LOCATION AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF

  NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF LAKE CHINNABEE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOODING IS OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE 

IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO DRIVE UNTIL WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER. 

CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



&&



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-800-856-0758 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX



LAT...LON 3339 8593 3350 8590 3350 8585 3347 8589

      3347 8579 3350 8576 3349 8574 3338 8574



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