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ALC071-061030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

450 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM 

CDT...



AT 443 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A PERSISTENT AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER JACKSON COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

NORTHEAST FROM WOODVILLE THROUGH SCOTTSBORO...TO BRIDGEPORT. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED AT 440 AM THAT SEVERAL RESIDENTS 

ALONG COUNTY ROAD EIGHT IN WOODVILLE WERE BEING EVACUATED DUE TO 

RISING WATER TWO TO TWO AND A HALF FOOT AT COLLINS STREET IN 

WOODVILLE. 



MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 530 AM ACROSS JACKSON 

COUNTY...WITH A FURTHER THREE QUARTERS TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL 

EXPECTED. 



FLASH FLOODING AT NIGHT IS VERY DANGEROUS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 

WATER THAT COVERS THE ROAD. YOU CAN EASILY BE WASHED AWAY IF YOU 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A WATER COVERED ROAD. IF YOU HAVE FLASH 

FLOODING OCCURRING AT YOUR LOCATION...PLEASE MOVE TO HIGHER...SAFE 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA THROUGH TONIGHT. 



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