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ALC079-083-089-103-060815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1015 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MORGAN...LIMESTONE...MADISON

AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CST...



AT 1015 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A 

HARTSELLE TO MERIDIANVILLE LINE. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF 

LIMESTONE COUNTY...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE 

COUNTY...AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...SINCE 9 PM. MANY 

AREAS HAVE SEEN TWO AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF OVER AN INCH IS LIKELY...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE 

FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING. 



SOME CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 215 AM CST INCLUDE...

   ELKMONT... MOUNT ROZELL... ATHENS... ARDMORE... HILLSBORO...      

   COURTLAND... MOULTON... DECATUR... TRINITY... BELLE MINA... 

   HARVEST... TONEY... HAZEL GREEN... NEW MARKET... AND MADISON.



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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE.



LAT...LON 3480 8741 3477 8726 3500 8721 3499 8635

          3454 8634 3454 8658 3432 8659 3432 8753

          3461 8749



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