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WGUS74 KHUN 281608

FFSHUN

ALC077-281700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1108 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY 

UNTIL NOON CDT...



AT 1108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN LAUDERDALE 

COUNTY...THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS NOW SHIFTED EAST INTO EASTERN 

LAUDERDALE COUNTY. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 

20 AND THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY IN THE LAST TWO HOURS...AS WELL AS 

NORTH OF WATERLOO. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

REMAINDER OF THE WARNING PERIOD...AGGRAVATING FLOODING CONCERNS.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH NOON CDT INCLUDE...

THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY...WATERLOO...WRIGHT...SMITHSONIA...

CLOVERDALE...AND OAKLAND.



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 3504 8771 3474 8772 3476 8785 3494 8817

      3503 8820



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