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WGUS74 KHUN 131922

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ALC033-077-132100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

220 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...



AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS COLBERT COUNTY.  THIS 

AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH AND AFFECT PORTIONS OF COLBERT AND 

LAUDERDALE COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 400 PM CDT 

INCLUDE...CHEROKEE...RIVERTON...SMITHSONIA...FLORENCE 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 IT CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

HUNTSVILLE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



LAT...LON 3497 8781 3459 8781 3459 8827 3497 8828



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