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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1140 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR COLBERT... 

LAUDERDALE...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CST.



AT 1135 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF LAUDERDALE 

COUNTY...NORTHERN COLBERT COUNTY...AND NORTHWEST LIMESTONE COUNTY. 

REPORTS ACROSS THE AREA ALSO SHOW THAT THE FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES 

AND THUS THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.



LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OVER COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES WITH 

NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER AND CLOSED. FLOODING MAY ALREADY BE 

OCCURRING...OR MAY BEGIN SOON...OVER NORTHWEST LIMESTONE COUNTY 

...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA BETWEEN UNION HILL AND MT. ROZELL.



THE MAIN THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON 

WILL BE LAUDERDALE AND NORTHERN COLBERT COUNTIES...AND NORTHWEST 

LIMESTONE COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH IS  

POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. 



THE RAIN AREA WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH...AND THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN 

TO DECREASE FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...WATER 

LEVELS IN CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE HIGH...AND MAY EVEN RISE 

SOME MORE BEFORE BEGINNING TO RECEDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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