

000 

WGUS74 KHUN 052042

FFSHUN

ALC033-077-052145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

241 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



AT 221 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT 

COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS ESTIMATE THAT ONE 

AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 PM.



A NUMBER OF ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...AND WATER 

HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS IN COLBERT COUNTY. THESE CONDITIONS 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...POSING A HAZARD TO 

MOTORISTS IN BOTH COUNTIES.    



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE VEHICLE RELATED. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR

WALK ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. ABANDON VEHICLES

THAT STALL OR BEGIN TO FLOAT. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE THE

FLOOD.



LAT...LON 3497 8736 3461 8753 3462 8809 3499 8807



$$ 



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000 

WGUS74 KHUN 052042

FFSHUN

ALC033-077-052145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

241 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



AT 221 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT 

COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS ESTIMATE THAT ONE 

AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 PM.



A NUMBER OF ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...AND WATER 

HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS IN COLBERT COUNTY. THESE CONDITIONS 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...POSING A HAZARD TO 

MOTORISTS IN BOTH COUNTIES.    



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE VEHICLE RELATED. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR

WALK ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. ABANDON VEHICLES

THAT STALL OR BEGIN TO FLOAT. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE THE

FLOOD.



LAT...LON 3497 8736 3461 8753 3462 8809 3499 8807



$$ 



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