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WGUS74 KHUN 262319

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

619 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



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COLBERT AL-

619 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR

COLBERT COUNTY...



AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL COLBERT 

COUNTY...BUT THAT WIDESPREAD AREAS HAD RECEIVED ONE TO TWO INCHES 

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALLSBORO TO SHEFFIELD TO WHEELER DAM...WITH THE 

HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR AND SOUTH OF MYNOT AND NEAR NEW BETHEL. FLASH 

FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE...THOUGH THE THREAT WILL BE GRADUALLY 

DECREASING OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHEFFIELD AND

CHEROKEE



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 3488 8795 3482 8793 3473 8779 3479 8765

      3477 8756 3456 8765 3457 8812 3459 8814

      3477 8813 3490 8810 3490 8805



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