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000 

WGUS74 KHUN 262347

FFSHUN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

645 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



ALC033-270215-

/O.CON.KHUN.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080527T0215Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

COLBERT AL-

645 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



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

COLBERT COUNTY...



AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAIN ENDING ACROSS COLBERT COUNTY. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT 

IS RAPIDLY DECREASING...AND THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN TENNESSEE COULD 

POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING.



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 3477 8756 3457 8765 3457 8812 3459 8814

      3469 8814 3469 8813 3476 8812 3476 8796

      3473 8779 3479 8765



$$



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000 

WGUS74 KHUN 262347

FFSHUN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

645 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



ALC033-270215-

/O.CON.KHUN.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080527T0215Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

COLBERT AL-

645 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



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

COLBERT COUNTY...



AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAIN ENDING ACROSS COLBERT COUNTY. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT 

IS RAPIDLY DECREASING...AND THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN TENNESSEE COULD 

POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING.



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 3477 8756 3457 8765 3457 8812 3459 8814

      3469 8814 3469 8813 3476 8812 3476 8796

      3473 8779 3479 8765



$$



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