
291 
WGUS74 KHUN 172221
FFSHUN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
521 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

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LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL-
521 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES...

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR TUSCUMBIA AND MUSCLE 
SHOALS...

AT 515 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND TRAINED SPOTTERS 
REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF COLBERT 
AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES.  SPECIFICALLY...AREAS IN AND AROUND 
WOODWARD AVENUE IN MUSCLE SHOALS WERE EXPERIENCING MAJOR FLOODING 
WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER INTO SOME BUSINESSES. 

RAINFALL REPORTS INDICATE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 
ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS BECOME LIGHTER IN INTENSITY 
SINCE 400 PM...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL 
EXACERBATE THE ONGOING FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA...UNDERWOOD-
PETERSVILLE...CHEROKEE...ROGERSVILLE...KILLEN...LITTLEVILLE...
LEIGHTON...LEXINGTON...ANDERSON...SAINT FLORIAN AND WATERLOO.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
BRIDGES...DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A
FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE OVER HIGHER GROUND.

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LAT...LON 3501 8820 3500 8721 3482 8721 3478 8728
      3476 8727 3478 8733 3480 8736 3481 8741
      3478 8743 3477 8742 3471 8743 3462 8750
      3457 8752 3459 8814 3489 8810 3491 8814

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