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WGUS74 KHUN 070037

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

737 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005



ALC033-059-077-070415-

FRANKLIN AL-LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL-

737 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR COLBERT...

LAUDERDALE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...



AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

EARLIER THIS EVENING...LAUDERDALE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE CLOSED IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES DUE TO HIGH 

WATER. CONTINUED RAINFALL WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE EVEN 

FURTHER...AND AGGRAVATE ANY EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...TUSCUMBIA...SHEFFIELD...MUSCLE SHOALS...

  LEIGHTON...KILLEN...FLORENCE AND CHEROKEE



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE.



LAT...LON 3435 8806 3435 8766 3495 8734 3497 8804



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