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ALC033-077-260400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

850 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...



AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE 

COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS NOW MOVED OUT OF THE 

IMMEDIATE QUAD CITIES AREA...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL CONTINUES. 

HEAVIER RAIN EXTENDS FROM WRIGHT TO ZIP CITY...AND FROM BARTON TO 

SPRING VALLEY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN 

COMMON ACROSS THE AREA SINCE 7 PM...WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 1100 PM CDT 

INCLUDE...CHEROKEE...FLORENCE...KILLEN...LEIGHTON...LEXINGTON...

LITTLEVILLE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA AND 

UNDERWOOD-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 INCIDENTS TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

AGENCY...SO IT CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

HUNTSVILLE.



LAT...LON 3502 8734 3458 8753 3459 8809 3502 8812



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