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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1112 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...LAUDERDALE AND

COLBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CST...



AT 1112 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA...THOUGH 

THE RAIN HAD ENDED NORTH AND WEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY. 



RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES FELL ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER 

TONIGHT. MOST AREAS WILL SEE LESS THAN A HALF INCH ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL THROUGH 1245 AM...BUT MUCH OF COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE 

COUNTIES COULD STILL SEE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN.



NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE FLOODING...AND WATER HAS BEEN 

REPORTED OVER MANY ROADS IN THE AREA. 



SOME CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1245 AM CST INCLUDE...

   BELGREEN... WATERLOO... CHEROKEE... BARTON... RED BAY... 

   RUSSELLVILLE... ROGERSVILLE... LEXINGTON... FLORENCE...

   MUSCLE SHOALS... KILLEN... AND PETERSVILLE.



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 FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

HUNTSVILLE.



LAT...LON 3500 8722 3480 8727 3479 8740 3459 8754

          3433 8755 3433 8816 3487 8809 3500 8818



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