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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

453 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008



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SUMTER AL-GREENE AL-PICKENS AL-

453 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CST FOR

PICKENS...GREENE AND SUMTER COUNTIES...



AT 451 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

GROVE...MCSHAN...FOREST...DILLBURG...BENEVOLA...REFORM...MEMPHIS... 

ETHELSVILLE...AND ALICEVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FRIDAY

MORNING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.



LAT...LON 3354 8827 3352 8783 3311 8784 3304 8782

      3303 8772 3299 8771 3287 8783 3280 8782

      3277 8786 3276 8781 3271 8783 3265 8774

      3264 8781 3259 8774 3244 8804 3238 8804

      3232 8794 3231 8794 3231 8843

TIME...MOT...LOC 1053Z 180DEG 0KT 3308 8666



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