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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

515 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004



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

LIMESTONE...MADISON...COLBERT...LAWRENCE...MOORE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES

UNTIL 700 AM CST...



AT 515 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF AN INCH IS OCCURRING WITH THE MAIN LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS...AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WITH STORM TOTALS 

OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES HAVING ALREADY OCCURRED IN SOME LOCATIONS... 

THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY ADD TO AN ALREADY DANGEROUS FLOODING 

THREAT.



MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING EARLY THIS 

MORNING. IF YOU SEE WATER OVER A ROADWAY...DO NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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 TODAY.



LAT...LON 3556 8573 3501 8587 3499 8631 3453 8637

      3456 8675 3466 8710 3430 8710 3430 8821

      3502 8820



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