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WGUS74 KHUN 090610
FFSHUN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
110 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2024
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JACKSON AL-LIMESTONE AL-MADISON AL-
110 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LIMESTONE, CENTRAL MADISON AND WEST CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 110 AM CDT, EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES
OF RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR FROM EXCESSIVE RUNOFF!
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUNTSVILLE, MADISON, ATHENS, SCOTTSBORO, MOORES MILL,
MERIDIANVILLE, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HOLLYWOOD, SKYLINE, GURLEY,
ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE,
HARVEST, PLEASANT GROVES, RYLAND, BROWNSBORO, MAYSVILLE, GARTH,
TRENTON AND HOLLYTREE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3488 8678 3486 8638 3485 8634 3478 8597
3462 8597 3472 8632 3471 8636 3470 8679
3470 8690 3486 8693
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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