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WGUS74 KHUN 272236

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

536 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



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536 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR

LAWRENCE...COLBERT...LAUDERDALE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...



AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN WAS COMING TO AN END...FOR NOW...ACROSS NORTHWESTERN 

ALABAMA. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY AREAS FROM 

THE EARLIER RAINFALL. RADAR INDICATES THAT THREE TO NINE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN LAST NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN 

THE LAST HOUR HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY LIGHT...BUT...WITH COMPLETELY 

SATURATED SOILS...ANY RAIN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

UNDERWOOD...PETERSVILLE...TUSCUMBIA...SHEFFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...

MUSCLE SHOALS...LEXINGTON...KILLEN...FLORENCE AND CHEROKEE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY... 

MAKE THE SMART CHOICE TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3500 8723 3494 8721 3482 8721 3477 8727

      3477 8721 3469 8712 3432 8712 3433 8816

      3446 8817 3488 8810 3501 8820



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