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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

101 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002



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

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



AT 1255 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF

LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES.  ALTHOUGH THE

HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...FLOODING WILL STILL

REMAIN POSSIBLE AS RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO ENTER AREA

STREAMS.  BECAUSE OF THIS...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 OVER NORTHWEST LIMESTONE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA

BETWEEN UNION HILL AND MT. ROZELL.



THE COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN

MISSISSIPPI.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT MOVES OVER NORTHWESTERN

ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS.



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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ALZ001-002-005-232000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

101 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002



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

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



AT 1255 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF

LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES.  ALTHOUGH THE

HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...FLOODING WILL STILL

REMAIN POSSIBLE AS RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO ENTER AREA

STREAMS.  BECAUSE OF THIS...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 OVER NORTHWEST LIMESTONE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA

BETWEEN UNION HILL AND MT. ROZELL.



THE COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN

MISSISSIPPI.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT MOVES OVER NORTHWESTERN

ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS.



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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