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WGUS74 KHUN 251427

FFSHUN

ALC033-059-251630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

926 AM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN AND COLBERT COUNTIES

UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...



AT 926 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF FRANKLIN AND COLBERT 

COUNTIES. THROUGH 10 AM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE IN WESTERN 

FRANKLIN COUNTY FROM RED BAY TO PLEASANT SITE.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 1130 AM CDT INCLUDE...

CHEROKEE...LEIGHTON...LITTLEVILLE...MUSCLE SHOALS...PHIL 

CAMPBELL...RED BAY...RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA AND 

BELGREEN.



EARLIER THIS MORNING...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER COUNTY ROAD 90 IN 

FRANKLIN COUNTY. WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THIS 

AREA...ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY MOST OF THE FLOODING 

CONCERNS WILL BE WEST OF HIGHWAY 43 IN COLBERT AND FRANKLIN 

COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.



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.



REPORT FLOODING INCIDENTS TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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

HUNTSVILLE.



LAT...LON 3489 8810 3489 8797 3480 8792 3473 8781

      3473 8777 3481 8759 3478 8743 3465 8747

      3466 8748 3456 8754 3435 8754 3435 8817



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