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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

555 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR 

LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...

MORGAN...JACKSON...DEKALB...MARSHALL AND CULLMAN COUNTIES UNTIL

10 AM...



AT 445 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL...EAST OF I 65. THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

CONTINUES ACROSS DEKALB COUNTY. CELLS CONTINUE TO REFORM JUST SOUTH 

OF DEKALB COUNTY AND HEAD TOWARD LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. SINCE MIDNIGHT 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE COMMON...WITH SOME HIGHER 

AMOUNTS WHICH HAS LED TO FLOODING AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. SO FAR...IT 

APPEARS THAT MADISON COUNTY HAS THE WORST FLOODING.    



AS OF 530 AM...HERE ARE THE LATEST FLOODING REPORTS...



IN DEKALB COUNTY...BIG WILLS CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS...HIGHWAY 86 

AND 68 HAVE WATER CROSSING THE ROADWAY IN VARIOUS PLACES. 



IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...MCFARLAND PARK IS FLOODED IN FLORENCE.



IN MADISON COUNTY...

THE GREENWAYS ALONG INDIAN CREEK NORTH OF MADISON PIKE IS 

FLOODED...AND THE CREEK IS APPROACHING THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE DECK 

AT BOTH MADISON PIKE AND HIGHWAY 72.  

BALCH AND GILESPIE ROAD INTERSECTION IS IMPASSABLE.

CAVE SPRINGS AND OLD HIGHWAY 31 IS FLOODED.

PETTUS ROAD AT PINEGROVE IS PARTIALLY FLOODED.

HIGHWAY 72 AND ROCKCUT ROAD HAS 1 FOOT OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD

LYONS ROAD AND PINEY WOODS ROAD FLOODED IN OWENS CROSSROADS.  

FLOOD LANE IN HAZEL GREEN IS FLOODED.

FORDS CHAPEL ROAD HAS 18 INCHES OF WATER OVER IT IN HARVEST.

MOORES MILL AND BRAVES ROADS FLOODED IN MADISON. 

BALTIMORE HILL ROAD UNDER WATER IN MOORES MILL.



IN LIMESTONE COUNTY...

HIGHWAY 252 AT FATCH ROAD IS UNDER WATER.

CAPSHAW BETWEEN EAST LIMESTONE AND BLEDSTOE HAVE PARTS UNDER WATER.

HIGHWAY 251 NORTH OF THACH ROAD HAS OVER 1 FOOT OF WATER ON IT.

BROWNS FERRY ROAD FLOODED IN ATHENS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3538 8497 3390 8491 3387 8831 3506 8819

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