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ALC033-049-059-071-077-079-083-089-095-103-TNC051-103-127-170900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

320 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004



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

MARSHALL...LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...JACKSON...COLBERT...

DEKALB...AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA...AND FRANKLIN...MOORE AND 

LINCOLN COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE...UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



AT 320 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL HAD GENERALLY ENDED ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. 

ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN 

WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM DELLROSE TO 

HARVEST TO GUNTERSVILLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ALL ACROSS 

THE AREA...RIVERS AND CREEKS REMAIN AT HIGH LEVELS.



RAINFALL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS RANGES FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES IN THE 

WEST...THREE TO FIVE INCHES IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND FIVE TO 

EIGHT INCHES IN THE EAST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD BE LESS THAN A 

HALF INCH...BUT RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINS WILL CONTINUE.



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 3548 8594 3500 8556 3403 8543 3416 8634

      3432 8651 3429 8818 3507 8825 3504 8685

      3531 8683



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