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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

736 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



ALC089-260200-

MADISON AL-

736 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY...



AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER 

REPORTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN MADISON 

COUNTY. 



SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 1.5 TO UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN FROM SOUTH HUNTSVILLE TO OWENS CROSSROADS. EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER ON SOME 

MAIN HIGHWAYS IN SOUTH HUNTSVILLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

SOUTH HUNTSVILLE.

OWENS CROSSROADS.

HAMPTON COVE.

BIG COVE.

WHITESBURG.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE 

ACROSS SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY AS ANOTHER CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 

STORMS MOVE ACROSS THROUGH 900 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3475 8637 3452 8641 3454 8654 3455 8654

      3458 8657 3459 8660 3457 8662 3476 8663

TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 180DEG 0KT 3463 8652



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