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WGUS74 KHUN 162239

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ALC071-170200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

538 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM

CDT...



AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER ALL OF JACKSON COUNTY. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY 

TODAY...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES IS LIKELY WITH HEAVY 

RAINBANDS MOVING INTO THE COUNTY...AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF TROPICAL 

STORM IVAN.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 9 PM CDT INCLUDE...

BRIDGEPORT...HOLLYWOOD...PISGAH...SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...ST

EVENSON AND WOODVILLE.



FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY

RAINFALL...EVEN IN THE DISTANCE...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF

OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE.



LAT...LON 3499 8562 3487 8560 3463 8578 3448 8608

      3465 8638 3500 8634



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