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WGUS74 KHUN 251724

FFSHUN

ALC033-059-251830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1224 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



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

UNTIL 130 PM CDT...



AT 1224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVING FALLEN EARLIER IN THE 

DAY...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WARNING PERIOD. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS...HOWEVER...SHOULD BE LIGHT.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 130 PM CDT INCLUDE...

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

CAMPBELL...RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA AND BELGREEN.



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 THEY CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 

HUNTSVILLE.



LAT...LON 3479 8744 3427 8755 3448 8827 3492 8813

      3474 8780



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