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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

500 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...

MADISON...COLBERT AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CST...



AT 500 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MOST OF LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE... 

MADISON...COLBERT AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS ONE TO 

TWO INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 2 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF 

RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS EVENING.  FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS THIS EVENING AS THE GROUND REMAINS 

SATURATED.  WITH AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL... 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT.  



AT 450 PM CST...MADISON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS ARE UNDERWATER ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

THE COUNTY...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 72.  SPORADIC FLOODING HAS ALSO 

BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE.



IN LIMESTONE COUNTY...SEVERAL ROADS WERE REPORTED UNDERWATER.  



THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A COMPLETE LIST OF FLOODED AREAS.



RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN AFFECT FOR THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT 

FLORENCE AND WHITESBURG...AND FOR THE BIG NANCE CREEK AT COURTLAND 

IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.  PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS 

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 700 PM CST INCLUDE...ATHENS... 

FLORENCE...HARVEST...HUNTSVILLE...MERIDIANVILLE...MOULTON... 

COURTLAND...TOWN CREEK...AND SURROUNDING AREAS. 



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.



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.



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 3495 8636 3452 8638 3468 8708 3434 8729

      3460 8760 3460 8805 3498 8806



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