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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1157 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...JACKSON...AND DEKALB COUNTIES

TIL 200 PM CDT...



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN

ALABAMA EXCEPT FOR LAUDERDALE...FRANKLIN AND COLBERT COUNTIES. WE

PLAN TO LET EXPIRE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT

FRANKLIN...LIMESTONE...LAWRENCE...MADISON AND MORGAN COUNTIES AS

MOST OF THE RAIN  WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA AND WATER WILL RECEDE.



THROUGH 2 PM CDT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN A HALF AND 1 AND

HALF INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE FROM SCOTTSBORO TO GUNTERSVILLE TO

FORT PAYNE. THESE AMOUNTS WILL BE MUCH LESS THAN YESTERDAYS

FLOOD...HOWEVER IT WILL ONLY TAKE A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL TO

PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



SOME CURRENT FLOODING REPORTS FROM COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENTS

AND COUNTY EMA OFFICIALS INCLUDE...



IN MADISON COUNTY...

OLD HIGHWAY 431 IN HAMPTON COVE IS FLOODED.

MILLER BOULEVARD AT THE BRIDGE IN MADISON IS CLOSED.

BUTLER MILL ROAD IS FLOODED.



IN DEKALB COUNTY...

THE BRIDGES ARE OUT ON COUNTY ROADS 33...83...247...502...AND 753.



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.

$$

JDG/AB

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000 

WGUS74 KHUN 071658

FFSHUN

ALZ001>010-071800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1157 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...JACKSON...AND DEKALB COUNTIES

TIL 200 PM CDT...



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN

ALABAMA EXCEPT FOR LAUDERDALE...FRANKLIN AND COLBERT COUNTIES. WE

PLAN TO LET EXPIRE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT

FRANKLIN...LIMESTONE...LAWRENCE...MADISON AND MORGAN COUNTIES AS

MOST OF THE RAIN  WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA AND WATER WILL RECEDE.



THROUGH 2 PM CDT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN A HALF AND 1 AND

HALF INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE FROM SCOTTSBORO TO GUNTERSVILLE TO

FORT PAYNE. THESE AMOUNTS WILL BE MUCH LESS THAN YESTERDAYS

FLOOD...HOWEVER IT WILL ONLY TAKE A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL TO

PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



SOME CURRENT FLOODING REPORTS FROM COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENTS

AND COUNTY EMA OFFICIALS INCLUDE...



IN MADISON COUNTY...

OLD HIGHWAY 431 IN HAMPTON COVE IS FLOODED.

MILLER BOULEVARD AT THE BRIDGE IN MADISON IS CLOSED.

BUTLER MILL ROAD IS FLOODED.



IN DEKALB COUNTY...

THE BRIDGES ARE OUT ON COUNTY ROADS 33...83...247...502...AND 753.



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.

$$

JDG/AB

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