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WGUS74 KHUN 031158

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ALC071-031300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

653 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



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

8 AM CDT...



AT 650 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE ENDING ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END...FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE 

RECENT RAINS.



SOME CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 815 AM CDT INCLUDE...

BRIDGEPORT...HOLLYWOOD...PISGAH...SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...  

STEVENSON AND WOODVILLE.



OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER JACKSON COUNTY.



FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY 

RAINFALL...EVEN IN THE DISTANT...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF 

OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. 



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



REPORT INCIDENTS OF FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 

THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE.



LAT...LON 3460 8616 3461 8632 3501 8631 3500 8561

          3486 8558 3459 8584 3451 8606



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