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ALC033-077-083-232215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

259 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002



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

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



AT 255 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED

SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.  FLOODING WILL STILL

REMAIN POSSIBLE AS RAINFALL FROM THESE SHOWERS IS ADDED TO THE

RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL.  BECAUSE OF THIS...THE FLASH

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST.



LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAD REPORTED

CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OVER COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES

EARLIER...WITH NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER AND CLOSED. FLOODING ALSO

MAY BE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST LIMESTONE COUNTY.



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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