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WGUS74 KHUN 100604

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

1204 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008



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1204 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CST FOR

LAWRENCE...EASTERN COLBERT...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...MADISON...

LIMESTONE...EASTERN LAUDERDALE...NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...CULLMAN AND

MORGAN COUNTIES...



AT 1202 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...WHICH 

ARE CAPABLE OF DROPPING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON TOP 

OF WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN.



IN ADDITION...INDIAN CREEK IN MADISON COUNTY HAS RISEN QUICKLY SINCE 

1000 PM...AND TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT WATER HAS SPILLED 

INTO THE SURROUNDING GREENERY.



OTHER SPOTTERS ACROSS MADISON COUNTY HAVE MEASURED MORE THAN FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN...AND MANY INTERSECTIONS IN HARVEST AND HUNTSVILLE 

HAVE STANDING WATER.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ROGERSVILLE...DECATUR...CULLMAN...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...AND LACEYS 

SPRING.



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 3388 8709 3397 8712 3430 8711 3431 8753

      3501 8755 3500 8624 3452 8629 3394 8684

      3391 8692 3387 8693



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