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WGUS74 KHUN 180528

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ALC049-180630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1225 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM 

CDT...



AT 1225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER EASTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF 

DEKALB COUNTY. RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM.



SOME CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 130 AM CDT INCLUDE...

VALLEY HEAD...FORT PAYNE...VALLEY HEAD AND SYLVANIA.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS FLOODING IN THE FORT PAYNE AND 

COLLINSVILLE AREAS WITH BIG WILLS CREEK OUT OF IT BANKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3476 8559 3446 8555 3422 8597 3448 8601



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