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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

520 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES 

UNTIL 730 AM CST...



AT 520 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS OF LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT 

COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THAT THE GOOSE SHOALS BRIDGE...ON COUNTY ROUTE 8...WAS COVERED BY 

WATER.  SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER COVERING ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 

IN THE FLORENCE AND THE CENTRAL HEIGHTS AREAS.



THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE 

COUNTIES...MAINLY THE WESTERN SECTIONS...THROUGH 730 AM.  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 AM.



PLEASE KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES MAY BE 

EXTENDED LATER THIS MORNING.

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