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000 

WGUS74 KHUN 170329

FFSHUN

ALC049-071-089-095-170630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1030 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARSHALL...MADISON...JACKSON

AND DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY 

IN JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN JACKSON AND DEKALB 

COUNTIES COULD APPROACH ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS. LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN MADISON AND MARSHALL 

COUNTIES...BUT WITH STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN XX AND 

XX INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE 

FLOODING CONCERNS.



HIGH RIVER AND CREEK LEVELS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A 

DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION STILL REMAINS ON BIG WILLS CREEK NEAR FORT 

PAYNE. AT 945 PM CDT...THE STAGE WAS 12.36 FEET...UNCHANGED FROM THE 

PREVIOUS HOUR. HOWEVER...MEDIA REPORTS INDICATED THAT FLOOD WATERS 

WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE FROM THE AREA EAST OF HIGHWAY 35 AND NORTH 

OF INTERSTATE 59 IN FORT PAYNE. 



MEANWHILE...INDIAN CREEK AT MADISON REMAINS NEAR BANKFULL...WITH A 

STAGE AROUND SIX FEET. OTHER CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH AS WELL.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 130 AM CDT INCLUDE...

ALBERTVILLE...ARAB...BOAZ...BRIDGEPORT...COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...

FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...GERALDINE...GRANT...GUNTERSVILLE...GURLEY...

HARVEST...HAZEL GREEN...HENAGAR...HOLLYWOOD...HUNTSVILLE...IDER...

MADISON...MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...NEW HOPE...NEW MARKET...OWENS

CROSSROADS...PISGAH...POWELL...RAINSVILLE...REDSTONE ARSENAL...

SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...STEVENSON...SYLVANIA...TRIANA AND 

WOODVILLE.



FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY 

RAINFALL...EVEN IN THE DISTANCE...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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. IF YOU SEE WATER OVER A ROADWAY...DO NOT TRY TO CROSS IT. 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3501 8561 3452 8552 3421 8586 3412 8632

      3433 8658 3451 8659 3459 8680 3501 8680



$$



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000 

WGUS74 KHUN 170330 CCA

FFSHUN

ALC049-071-089-095-170630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1030 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARSHALL...MADISON...JACKSON

AND DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY 

IN JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN JACKSON AND DEKALB 

COUNTIES COULD APPROACH ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS. LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN MADISON AND MARSHALL 

COUNTIES...BUT WITH STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 

7 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE 

FLOODING CONCERNS.



HIGH RIVER AND CREEK LEVELS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A 

DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION STILL REMAINS ON BIG WILLS CREEK NEAR FORT 

PAYNE. AT 945 PM CDT...THE STAGE WAS 12.36 FEET...UNCHANGED FROM THE 

PREVIOUS HOUR. HOWEVER...MEDIA REPORTS INDICATED THAT FLOOD WATERS 

WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE FROM THE AREA EAST OF HIGHWAY 35 AND NORTH 

OF INTERSTATE 59 IN FORT PAYNE. 



MEANWHILE...INDIAN CREEK AT MADISON REMAINS NEAR BANKFULL...WITH A 

STAGE AROUND SIX FEET. OTHER CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH AS WELL.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 130 AM CDT INCLUDE...

ALBERTVILLE...ARAB...BOAZ...BRIDGEPORT...COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...

FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...GERALDINE...GRANT...GUNTERSVILLE...GURLEY...

HARVEST...HAZEL GREEN...HENAGAR...HOLLYWOOD...HUNTSVILLE...IDER...

MADISON...MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...NEW HOPE...NEW MARKET...OWENS

CROSSROADS...PISGAH...POWELL...RAINSVILLE...REDSTONE ARSENAL...

SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...STEVENSON...SYLVANIA...TRIANA AND 

WOODVILLE.



FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY 

RAINFALL...EVEN IN THE DISTANCE...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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. IF YOU SEE WATER OVER A ROADWAY...DO NOT TRY TO CROSS IT. 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3501 8561 3452 8552 3421 8586 3412 8632

      3433 8658 3451 8659 3459 8680 3501 8680



$$



JE/23

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