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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

715 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MORGAN...FRANKLIN...

LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...COLBERT AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM

CDT...



AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER ROUGHLY THE HIGHWAY 43 CORRIDOR... 

FROM ANDERSON AND LEXINGTON THROUGH EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY AROUND 

LEIGHTON AND LITTLEVILLE...INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY AROUND 

RUSSELLVILLE...PHIL CAMPBELL...AND DIME. RAINFALL IN THIS CORRIDOR 

HAS BEEN THREE TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS A WIDESPREAD AREA. FURTHER 

WEST...RAINFALL HAS BEEN AROUND ONE TO TWO INCHES...EXCEPT IN 

EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...WHERE TWO TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN. 



IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE 

EXPECTED...ELSEWHERE EXPECT AROUND A HALF INCH PER HOUR...EXCEPT IN 

THE HEAVIER RAINBANDS.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 1000 PM CDT INCLUDE...

ARDMORE...ATHENS...CHEROKEE...COURTLAND...DECATUR...FALKVILLE...

FLORENCE...HARTSELLE...KILLEN...LEIGHTON...LEXINGTON...

LITTLEVILLE...MOULTON...MUSCLE SHOALS...PHIL CAMPBELL...

PRICEVILLE...RED BAY...ROGERSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...

TOWN CREEK...TRINITY...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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3503 8680 3458 8679 3449 8661 3433 8658

      3430 8827 3503 8820



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