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WGUS74 KHUN 061720

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ALC033-062030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1120 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COLBERT COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM

CST...



AT 1120 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MAINLY THE EASTERN PART OF 

COLBERT COUNTY...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE 

COUNTY. RAINFALL OF ONE INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 9 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH ESXPECTED THROUGH 

EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOILS...AND THE EARLIER 

RAIN...FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 230 PM CST INCLUDE...

CHEROKEE...LEIGHTON...LITTLEVILLE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD AND 

TUSCUMBIA.



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.



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY.



LAT...LON 3481 8740 3459 8750 3456 8817 3492 8813

      3476 8780



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