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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1124 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE TIL 1230 PM CDT FOR LAUDERDALE...

COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...AND LAWRENCE

COUNTIES...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MARSHALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES TIL 2 PM

CDT...



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES MAINLY WEST OF GURLEY TO ARAB

LINE. THROUGH 1230 PM CDT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN A HALF AND 1

AND HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM HUNTSVILLE TO DECATUR TO FLORENCE

TO PHIL CAMPBELL. THESE AMOUNTS WILL BE MUCH LESS THAN YESTERDAYS

MASSIVE FLOOD...HOWEVER IT WILL TAKE VERY LITTLE RAINFALL TO PRODUCE

ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



SOME CURRENT FLOODING REPORTS FROM COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENTS

AND COUNTY EMA OFFICIALS INCLUDE...



IN MARSHALL COUNTY...

HIGHWAY 227 DOWN THE MOUNTAIN IS FLOODED IN SPOTS.

MANY STREETS IN ALBERTVILLE ARE FLOODED.

RABBIT TOWN ROAD AT HIGHWAY 205 IS FLOODED.

SECTION LINE ROAD BETWEEN BENEFIELD AND BECK IS FLOODED.

CATHEDRAL CAVERNS ROAD IS CLOSED.



IN JACKSON COUNTY...

COUNTY ROADS 88...151...354 IN PISGAH ARE CLOSED.

COUNTY ROAD 30 IN LARKINSVILLE IS FLOODED.

THE PAINT ROCK RIVER IS NEARLY 3 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE NEAR

WOODVILLE...AND THUS MOST ROADS ALONG THE PAINT ROCK RIVER ARE

FLOODED OR SOON WILL BE FLOODED.



IN MADISON COUNTY...

BROWNSBORO ROAD IN HUNTSVILLE IS FLOODED IN SPOTS.



NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TAKE AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND

DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM CDT.

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JDG/AB/LB

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