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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

710 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR 

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

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

10 AM...



AT 700 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SOME VERY PATCHY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...A NEW LINE OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WILL BE 

BRINGING MORE MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS FLORENCE...CEDAR CREEK DAM TO 

RED BAY IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS. SINCE MIDNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 

3 INCHES FELL...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS HAS LED TO 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. SO FAR...IT APPEARS THAT 

MADISON AND DEKALB COUNTIES HAVE THE WORST FLOODING.    



AS OF 700 AM...HERE ARE THE LATEST FLOODING REPORTS...



IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...COUNTY ROAD 150 SOUTH OF COURTLAND HAS WATER 

COVERING THE ROADS.  COUNTY ROAD 217 NEAR HILLSBORO IS FLOODED.  

COUNTY ROAD 256 NEAR TOWN CREEK IS FLOODED...BIG NANCE CREEK NEAR 

COURTLAND ROSE FROM 4 AND ONE HALF FEET TO 12 AND ONE HALF FEET THIS 

MORNING.  



IN DEKALB COUNTY...COUNTY ROAD 485 NEAR SYLVANIA HAS 6 INCHES OF 

WATER COVERING THE ROAD.  HIGHWAY 75 NEAR SHILOH HAS 8 TO 12 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN THE RIGHT LANE.   



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 GILLESPIE ROAD INTERSECTION IS IMPASSABLE.

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

LYONS ROAD AND PINEY WOODS ROAD FLOODED IN OWENS CROSSROADS.  

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



IN LIMESTONE COUNTY...

NUMEROUS ROADS IN ATHENS ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY COVERED BY 

WATER...INCLUDING LINDSEY ROAD IN ATHENS IS FLOODED...

CAPSHAW BETWEEN EAST LIMESTONE AND BLEDSTOE...BROWNS FERRY ROAD AND 

DOGWOOD FLATS ROAD. 



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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