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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
255 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004

..A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...
MADISON...COLBERT AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CST...

AT 255 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...
MADISON...COLBERT...AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO
AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 9 AM...WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO
INCHES BEFORE THAT. WITH THIS MUCH WATER HAVING FALLEN...ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. MANY
CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL.

IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ARE CLOSED AND THE
UNDERPASS OF HIGHWAY 20 AT HIGHWAY 43 NEAR MCFARLAND PARK HAS
ALREADY BEEN CLOSED. IN COLBERT COUNTY...A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 247
WAS CLOSED DUE TO A LANDSLIDE...AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 133 IN
MUSCLE SHOALS WERE UNDER WATER.

IN MADISON COUNTY...SEVERAL ROADS ARE FLOODED OFF HIGHWAY 72 EAST OF
CHAPMAN MOUNTAIN. FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND MANY
CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL.

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

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT
FLORENCE IN LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES...AND FOR THE BIG NANCE
CREEK AT COURTLAND IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. CONSULT RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS
AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND 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.

REPORT FLOODING INCIDENTS TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY...SO THEY 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 3500 8633 3454 8634 3456 8680 3471 8710
3432 8714 3434 8754 3458 8753 3459 8818
3503 8821

Geesh...we're all gonna float away!!

southerngale wrote:Geesh...we're all gonna float away!!

North Alabama is in really bad shape. They got pounded by flooding twice in the last 2 weeks and the rivers are still high and now this. We've been luckier down here. It did rain for awhile yesterday afternoon and last night, but it wasn't a heavy rain, just a general soaker. Been dry all day today. Looks like a squall line will come through tomorrow and clear this mess out. The problem north of here has been training of heavy rain over the same areas.