

000 

WGUS74 KBMX 231959

FFSBHM

ALC033-077-083-232100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

155 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002



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

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



AT 155 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...

AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES.  HOWEVER..FLOODING WILL STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE

AS RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 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 ALSO MAY BE OCCURRING

OVER NORTHWEST LIMESTONE COUNTY.



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.

