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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

923 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IS

BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 923 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD 

THREAT WAS DIMINISHING AS WELL. 



A FEW HEAVIER STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...ALLOWING 

SOME MINOR FLOODING TO CONTINUE. THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR THIS 

HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE ALONG THE FRANKLIN MARION COUNTY LINE...AND IN 

BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST ALONG THE LAWRENCE WINSTON COUNTY LINE. 



HOWEVER...THE SHOWERS OFF TO THE WEST CONTAIN MUCH LIGHTER RAINFALL. 

THEREFORE THE MOST SERIOUS THREAT OF FLOODING IS ENDING...AND THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



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 3457 8752 3479 8739 3468 8712 3431 8712

      3433 8817 3458 8813



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