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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

202 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008



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202 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 150 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR...IN 

CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC...CONTINUE TO INDICATE FLASH FLOODING 

ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.



LATEST REPORTS FROM MADISON COUNTY INCLUDE...WATER OVER SEVERAL 

ROADS IN NW HUNTSVILLE INCLUDING HIGHWAY 53 NEAR RESEARCH PARK 

BOULEVARD...AND WATER OVER WALL TRIANA HIGHWAY AND COUNTY LINE ROAD 

IN WESTERN MADISON COUNTY. REPORTS FROM THE PROVIDENCE AREA INDICATE 

THERE IS WIDESPREAD WATER COVERING THE ROADS.



INDIAN CREEK IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND LATEST REPORTS INDICATE THAT 

IT IS STILL RISING. WHERE THE CREEK CROSSES MADISON 

PIKE...REPORTS FROM TRAINED SPOTTERS AT 148 AM SAID THE WATER WAS 

JUST BELOW THE BOTTOM OF BRIDGE.



EARLIER REPORTS FROM CULLMAN COUNTY INDICATED THAT 6 INCHES OF 

STANDING WATER WAS ACROSS ROADS IN DOWNTOWN CULLMAN.



ALTHOUGH THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EAST OF THE 

AREA...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE OVER THE 

NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



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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