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ALC033-059-077-079-083-089-TNC051-103-127-070700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1025 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004



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

LIMESTONE...MADISON...COLBERT...AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN 

ALABAMA...ALONG WITH FRANKLIN...MOORE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OF 

SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 1 AM CST...



AT 1025 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS   

OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ALABAMA...AND OVER PORTIONS OF   

SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1/2 OF AN   

INCH PER HOUR WAS FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.  THIS   

INITIAL AREA OF RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND   

MIDNIGHT...AS MOST OF THE RAINS MOVE NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA.



RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...ALONG WITH HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

ATHENS...FLORENCE...HUNTSVILLE...MOULTON...MUSCLE SHOALS...  

COURTLAND...SHEFFIELD...TOWN CREEK...PHIL CAMPBELL...BELGREEN...  

FAYETTEVILLE...LYNCHBURG....WINCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREAS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS POISED BY FLOODING.  MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE VEHICLE 

RELATED.  NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR WALK ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE 

COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS.  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.



LAT...LON 3501 8808 3499 8684 3527 8678 3535 8650

      3532 8643 3541 8628 3534 8625 3535 8602

      3526 8590 3500 8588 3499 8632 3494 8625

      3488 8635 3460 8633 3450 8645 3460 8659

      3457 8685 3468 8710 3431 8712 3435 8813



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