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000 

WGUS74 KHUN 100502

FFSHUN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1102 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008



ALC033-059-077-100615-

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

1102 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR

COLBERT...WESTERN LAUDERDALE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...



AT 1058 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF 

PRECIPITATION TO AREAS IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA THAT HAVE ALREADY 

RECEIVED UPWARDS OF THREE INCHES. REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF 

WATER PONDING IN ROADWAYS...IN ADDITION TO CREEKS AND DITCHES 

OVERFLOWING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WATERLOO...MUSCLE SHOALS...CHEROKEE...AND RUSSELLVILLE.



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 3501 8752 3431 8753 3432 8817 3489 8809

      3493 8815 3501 8820



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