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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1256 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES 

UNTIL 500 PM CDT...



AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE RAINFALL FROM PICKWICK DAM TO TUSCUMBIA TO ANDERSON. THIS 

CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH...WHILE ALSO REBUILDING TO 

THE WEST OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED SINCE 1100 AM. LAUDERDALE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT REPORTS 

WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 15 IN WATERLOO...AS WELL AS COUNTY ROADS 

39...156 AND 369 IN GREENHILL. COLBERT COUNTY REPORTS WATER OVER THE 

ROAD IN LEIGHTON ON OLD HIGHWAY 20.



WE EXPECT ANOTHER 1 INCH OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL FURTHER 

AGGRAVATE ALREADY SATURATED SOIL.       



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 530 PM CDT 

INCLUDE...CHEROKEE...FLORENCE...KILLEN...LEXINGTON...MUSCLE 

SHOALS...SHEFFIELD.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE VEHICLE RELATED. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR 

WALK ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS. 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.



LAT...LON 3503 8814 3461 8811 3468 8809 3470 8778

      3488 8726 3505 8742



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