Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Huntsville, AL

000 
WGUS74 KHUN 172121
FFSHUN
ALC033-172200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
420 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COLBERT COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM 
CDT...

AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF COLBERT COUNTY. RADAR 
AND SATELLITE HAS ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
OVER THE AREA SINCE 2 PM. MORE RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 
CONTINUED TO CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AFFECTED REGION. 
 
SOME CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 5 PM CDT INCLUDE...
   TUSCUMBIA... SHEFFIELD...AND SURROUNDING LOCATIONS.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY ROADS IN THE TUSCUMBIA AREA OF 
COLBERT COUNTY WERE FLOODED. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OF OCCURRING. 
IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO 
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 
ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3474 8811 3488 8809 3491 8803 3488 8796
          3482 8795 3473 8781 3481 8760 3481 8748
          3476 8742 3465 8746 3458 8753 3458 8779
          3459 8812

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RSB

000 
WGUS74 KHUN 172201
FFSHUN
ALC033-172215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
500 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLBERT COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE...

AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE 
FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA 
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3481 8748 3458 8752 3459 8812 3486 8809
          3474 8782

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JE/23

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
945 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

SKIES ONLY PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING...MORNING SKIES CLEARED MUCH
EARLIER THAN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO A DAY AS
WARM...MAYBE WARMER...THAN YESTERDAY. AS A RESULT...THE ERN COUNTIES
MIGHT TOP 90 IN A FEW SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL MONITOR THROUGH
NOON FOR NEED TO RAISE TODAYS MAXES. OTHERWISE...STORMS SHOULD BE
ABLE TO FIRE THIS AFTERNOON OFF OLD BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAYS
ACTIVITY. NO UPDATES FOR NOW.

.HUN...NONE.

JE/23

ALZ001>010-016-181000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1258 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA.

.DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)...

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT.  THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR THE
FORMATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION WILL BE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PEAS...AND
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  ONE OR TWO
OF THE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 65
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AS DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
THIS MOISTURE RICH AREA.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH
THE MAIN THREAT BEING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

RSB