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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1000 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM...



AT 1000 AM...RADAR SHOWED THAT THE RAIN HAD TAPERED OFF IN MARION 

COUNTY.  HOWEVER...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT HIGH 

LEVELS THROUGH AT LEAST 1115 AM...DUE TO THE RAINFALL THAT FELL 

EARLIER THIS MORNING.



A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN HAMILTON REPORTED 2.2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

BETWEEN 830 AM AND 930 AM.  THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HACKLEBURG 

REPORTED WATER OVER SOME ROADS AROUND 845 AM.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

FROM RADAR SHOWED SOME AREAS BETWEEN HAMILTON AND HACKLEBURG 

RECEIVED MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN.  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO STAY AT HIGH LEVELS THROUGH 

THE MORNING.  THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE 

BETWEEN HAMILTON AND HACKLEBURG...ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 43.



MOST FLASH FLOODING DEATHS ARE AUTOMOBILE RELATED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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