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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

252 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE TIL 6 PM FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...

LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...JACKSON...DEKALB COUNTIES...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA FOR THE MOMENT.

HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THIS

MORNING IS SLOW TO RECEDE. PHONE CALLS TO COUNTY EMA OFFICES AND

COUNTY AND STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS REVEAL ALL MAJOR HIGHWAYS HAVE

BEEN REOPENED. HOWEVER MANY SECONDARY AND COUNTY ROADS ARE STILL

FLOODED.



SOME OF OUR NEW REPORTS INCLUDE...



RIVERMONT ROAD NEAR FLORENCE IS 25 FEET DEEP AND 60 TO 70 FEET WIDE.

IN ROGERSVILLE...HIGHWAY 562 IS WASHED OUT.

IN JACKSON COUNTY...HIGHWAY 35 AT LIM ROCK IS FLOODED...AND

HIGHWAY 65 NEAR THE PAINT ROCK RIVER IS PARTIALLY FLOODED.



IN HUNTSVILLE CREWS CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP DEBRIS ON COUNTY LINE ROAD

AND THE ACCESS ROAD OF SOUTH MEMORIAL PARKWAY.



THE PAINT ROCK RIVER AT WOODVILLE WILL SOON BE 5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD

STAGE...SO ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ARE LIKELY FLOODED.



THE FLINT RIVER AT CHASE IS FORECAST TO BE 3 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE

AT 7 PM...SO LOW LYING ROADS NEAR THE RIVER WILL FLOOD.



THE WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE...HOWEVER ANY MODERATE OR GREATER

RAINFALL WILL BRING WIDESPREAD FLOODING BACK.



THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...AND AREAS FROM NATURAL BRIDGE

TO CULLMAN AND POINTS SOUTH ARE VERY RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORM

DEVELOPMENT...WHILE POINTS ALONG THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE ARE MORE

STABLE.  WE EXPECT STORMS TO FIRE UP OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

TO NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM AND MOVE EASTWARD.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TAKE AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

$$

JDG/PB

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000 

WGUS74 KHUN 061952

FFSHUN

ALZ001>010-016-062300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

252 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE TIL 6 PM FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...

LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...JACKSON...DEKALB COUNTIES...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA FOR THE MOMENT.

HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THIS

MORNING IS SLOW TO RECEDE. PHONE CALLS TO COUNTY EMA OFFICES AND

COUNTY AND STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS REVEAL ALL MAJOR HIGHWAYS HAVE

BEEN REOPENED. HOWEVER MANY SECONDARY AND COUNTY ROADS ARE STILL

FLOODED.



SOME OF OUR NEW REPORTS INCLUDE...



RIVERMONT ROAD NEAR FLORENCE IS 25 FEET DEEP AND 60 TO 70 FEET WIDE.

IN ROGERSVILLE...HIGHWAY 562 IS WASHED OUT.

IN JACKSON COUNTY...HIGHWAY 35 AT LIM ROCK IS FLOODED...AND

HIGHWAY 65 NEAR THE PAINT ROCK RIVER IS PARTIALLY FLOODED.



IN HUNTSVILLE CREWS CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP DEBRIS ON COUNTY LINE ROAD

AND THE ACCESS ROAD OF SOUTH MEMORIAL PARKWAY.



THE PAINT ROCK RIVER AT WOODVILLE WILL SOON BE 5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD

STAGE...SO ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ARE LIKELY FLOODED.



THE FLINT RIVER AT CHASE IS FORECAST TO BE 3 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE

AT 7 PM...SO LOW LYING ROADS NEAR THE RIVER WILL FLOOD.



THE WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE...HOWEVER ANY MODERATE OR GREATER

RAINFALL WILL BRING WIDESPREAD FLOODING BACK.



THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...AND AREAS FROM NATURAL BRIDGE

TO CULLMAN AND POINTS SOUTH ARE VERY RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORM

DEVELOPMENT...WHILE POINTS ALONG THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE ARE MORE

STABLE.  WE EXPECT STORMS TO FIRE UP OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

TO NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM AND MOVE EASTWARD.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TAKE AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

$$

JDG/PB

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