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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

459 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT ACROSS LAUDERDALE AND

COLBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM.  FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ALSO CONTINUE

IN EFFECT ACROSS FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES

UNTIL 800 PM.



AT 455 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ACROSS

NORTHWEST ALABAMA.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OVER LAUDERDALE AND

LIMESTONE COUNTIES...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR DATA INDICATE MORE MODERATE RAINS

OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST OF TUPELO...MOVING TOWARD

NORTHWEST ALABAMA.



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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