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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

618 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002



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

UNTIL 730 AM CST...



AT 618 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF

LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER ACROSS PARTS OF

LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES THIS MORNING.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF

NORTHWEST ALABAMA SINCE MIDNIGHT.  THE MAIN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL

HAS BEEN JUST WEST AND NORTH OF THE FLORENCE AND MUSCLE SHOALS

AREAS...OR GENERALLY FROM CHEROKEE TO THE KENDALL AREAS.



THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE

COUNTIES...MAINLY THE WESTERN SECTIONS...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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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