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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1055 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT OVER EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY

UNTIL 1130 AM...ACROSS SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY AND WESTERN MARSHALL

COUNTY UNTIL NOON...AND ACROSS ALL OF JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM...



WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUES TO PERSIST OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA LATE

THIS MORNING...BUT THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS WEAKENED

SOME OVER THE PAST HOUR.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES CONTINUE TO INDICATE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF

RAIN HAVE FALLEN THIS MORNING FROM THE OWENS CROSSROADS AREA OF

SOUTHEAST MADISON COUNTY...SOUTH TO ARAB IN WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY.



MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES OR MORE...HAVE LIKELY FALLEN

OVER EXTREME EAST-CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY...NEAR APPLE GROVE...EAST

TO NEAR UNION GROVE IN WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY.



THE LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS

WERE AFFECTING A LARGE PART OF NORTH ALABAMA LATE THIS MORNING...AND

SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NO LONGER OVER THE AREAS

AFFECTED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING.

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