Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Huntsville, AL

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WGUS74 KHUN 061720
FFSHUN
ALC033-062030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1120 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COLBERT COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM
CST...

AT 1120 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MAINLY THE EASTERN PART OF 
COLBERT COUNTY...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE 
COUNTY. RAINFALL OF ONE INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN 
SINCE 9 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH ESXPECTED THROUGH 
EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOILS...AND THE EARLIER 
RAIN...FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 230 PM CST INCLUDE...
CHEROKEE...LEIGHTON...LITTLEVILLE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD AND 
TUSCUMBIA.

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE VEHICLE RELATED. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR
WALK ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER DEPTH
MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. ABANDON VEHICLES
THAT STALL OR BEGIN TO FLOAT. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE THE
FLOOD.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY.

LAT...LON 3481 8740 3459 8750 3456 8817 3492 8813
      3476 8780

$$

JE/23

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
840 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004

.DISCUSSION...
WARM ADVECTION PRECIP CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF
THE FA THIS MORNING. SFC WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO SURGE NWD ACROSS MS
WITH DPS IN THE MID 60S AS CLOSE AS TUP. WITH PRECIP STILL
DEVELOPING OVER N CENTRAL MS AND MOVING NEWD TOWARDS THE AREA WILL
GO AHEAD AND EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE TODAY. THERE WAS AN
AXIS OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALLS THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THAT EXTENDS FROM
FRANKLIN COUNTY AL INTO JACKSON COUNTY. CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS
THESE AREAS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF PONDING OCCURRING AS WITNESSED BY DRIVE INTO WORK THIS AM.
STILL APPEARS THAT PRECIP WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED DURING THE
AFTERNOON AS WARM FRONT EVENTUALLY MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA.
&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TUE.
TN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TUE.

&&

JDG

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
503 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-061900-
COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE-
LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN-
503 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...
A WARM FRONT STRETCHES FROM NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TO CENTRAL
ALABAMA...AND WILL PUSH NORTHEASTWARD. THIS WILL HELP TO BRING
CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY WEST OF I65.
AREAS FROM WATERLOO TO RED BAY WILL SEE THE MOST RAIN TODAY. THERE
WILL BE SOME INSTABILITY ALONG WITH STRONG WIND PROFILES TO PRODUCE
ISOLATED SUPERCELLS MONDAY EVENING. IT STILL APPEARS THAT INSTABILITY
WILL BE LIMITED...WHICH SHOULD PRECLUDE A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
OUTBREAK. A MUCH MORE PRIME AREA FOR TORNADOES EXISTS OVER
MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.

WE EXPECT A SQUALL LINE TO APPROACH THE SHOALS AREA AROUND 230
AM AND BRING A LINE OF 40 TO 70 MPH WINDS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY.

BESIDES DAMAGING WINDS...THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH NOON ON
TUESDAY. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED FROM THE RAIN OVER THE LAST
2 WEEKS...FLOODING IS LIKELY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG CREEKS...
STREAMS AND SOME RIVERS. FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED ACROSS THE
AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...

A COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING I65 BY MID MORNING...AND
HELP PUSH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
VALLEY DURING THE MORNING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE MORNING
COMMUTE WILL BE WET...WITH ISOLATED RUNOFF AND FLOODING PROBLEMS.

DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE IN THE WEEK AS ANOTHER STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

JDG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
610 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004

ALZ001-002-061500-
COLBERT-LAUDERDALE-
610 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MINOR STREET
FLOODING...

THIS ALERT AFFECTS THE COUNTIES OF LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT IN
NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 9 AM.  A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS
WELL...SO BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS.

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  ONE CLUSTER WILL MOVE
ACROSS WESTERN COLBERT INTO WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY THROUGH 6:30
AM.  ANOTHER MORE SOLID BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST
NORTHEAST INTO FAR NORTHWEST COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES
BETWEEN 6:30 AM AND 7:30 AM.  THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
COULD POSE A FLOOD THREAT LATER THIS MORNING IF IT PERSISTS...
WITH RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES THROUGH 9 AM.  FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED IF SHOWERS AND STORMS REPEAT OVER THE SAME
AREA THIS MORNING.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION DURING
PERIODS OF POOR VISIBILITY IN DOWNPOURS AND BE ALERT TO RISING WATER
ON ROADS.  NEVER CROSS A WATER COVERED ROAD.

KULA