Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Huntsville, AL

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WGUS74 KHUN 071115
FFSHUN
ALC033-059-077-079-083-089-TNC051-103-127-071300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
515 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...LAUDERDALE...
LIMESTONE...MADISON...COLBERT...LAWRENCE...MOORE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 AM CST...

AT 515 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL OF AN INCH IS OCCURRING WITH THE MAIN LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS...AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WITH STORM TOTALS 
OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES HAVING ALREADY OCCURRED IN SOME LOCATIONS... 
THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY ADD TO AN ALREADY DANGEROUS FLOODING 
THREAT.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING EARLY THIS 
MORNING. IF YOU SEE WATER OVER A ROADWAY...DO NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES 
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

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 TODAY.

LAT...LON 3556 8573 3501 8587 3499 8631 3453 8637
      3456 8675 3466 8710 3430 8710 3430 8821
      3502 8820

$$

JE/23

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1215 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004

.UPDATE...
HAVE SENT OUT ANOTHER UPDATE TO REMOVE MIDNIGHT WORDING.  CONVECTION
INITIATING IN MS SLOWLY WORKING ITS WAY TOWARD FA.  ANOTHER ROUND OF
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT VALLEY AFTER ABOUT 3 AM.  FLOOD WATCH
WILL CONTINUE THRU NOON TUESDAY AND FFW FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA
WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MID-MORNING. ALL IN ALL...AN
EVEN WETTER NIGHT WILL TOP OFF AN ALREADY SATURATED DAY.  WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONVECTIVE TRENDS...BUT FEEL MOST SVR SHOULD
REMAIN JUST TO OUR SOUTH IN MOST UNSTABLE AIR.

&&

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

&&

PB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
930 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-071100-
COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE-
LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN-
930 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004

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

.DAY ONE...(THROUGH TONIGHT)...

PERIODS OF RAIN...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS
A WARM FRONT REMAINS OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.  AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MISSOURI TO ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT...AND BEGIN AFFECTING NORTHWEST
ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT.  THIS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL
AFFECT NORTHWEST ALABAMA BETWEEN 5-7 AM.  IT STILL APPEARS THAT
INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED...WHICH SHOULD PRECLUDE A WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK. HOWEVER...GIVEN A STRONG WIND FIELD THAT
WILL BE IN PLACE...THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...AND PERHAPS AN
ISOLATED TORNADO.

BESIDES DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...WHERE
AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON TUESDAY. WITH THE GROUND COMPLETELY SATURATED FROM RECENT
RAINS... FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS MOST AREAS AND ALONG CREEKS...
STREAMS AND SOME RIVERS.

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

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
TUESDAY MORNING. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I 65 WILL BE AFFECTED FROM
6 AM TO NOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD DURING TUESDAY...AND
PUSH THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE VALLEY THROUGH
THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS.

DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE
WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT.

ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDWEEK...AS
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. THIS NEXT BOUT OF RAINS IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY
BE NEEDED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY.

RSB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
717 PM CST MON DEC 06 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 ENE RED BAY           34.46N 88.07W
12/06/2004                   FRANKLIN           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SR247 WAS CLOSED DUE TO LANDSLIDE NEAR MILE MARKER 5 IN
            THE SHILOH CHURCH AREA.

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MUSCLE SHOALS           34.74N 87.67W
12/06/2004                   COLBERT            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PORTIONS OF SR113 WERE COVERED WITH STANDING WATER.

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SE HUNTLAND             35.06N 86.27W
12/06/2004                   FRANKLIN           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            1-3 INCHES COVERING SEVERAL ROADS

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FLORENCE                34.83N 87.67W
12/06/2004                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HWY 20 AND HWY 72/43 UNDERPASS WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF
            FLOODING.

0230 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HUNTSVILLE              34.73N 86.59W
12/06/2004                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN EAST HUNTSVILLE WERE
            UNDERWATER. SHIELDS/STANWOOD INTERSECTION NEAR 72 EAST
            HAD BEEN BARRICADED.

0355 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ATHENS                  34.80N 86.97W
12/06/2004                   LIMESTONE          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SOME ROADS IN LIMESTONE COUNTY WERE COVERED WITH WATER.

0437 PM     FLASH FLOOD      10 N HUNTSVILLE         34.88N 86.59W
12/06/2004                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY NEAR
            TONEY. MANY LOCATIONS OFF OF PULASKI PIKE NORTH OF
            PATTERSON WAS UNDERWATER. SPORADIC FLOODING HAS BEEN
            REPORTED IN HUNTSVILLE.

0440 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MERIDIANVILLE           34.85N 86.57W
12/06/2004                   MADISON            AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED SOME ROADS BARRICADED IN
            THE MERIDIANVILLE AREA.

0510 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 E HARVEST             34.86N 86.71W
12/06/2004                   MADISON            AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED WATER COVERING FIELDS...
            WALL TRIANA AND ORVILLE SMITH ROADS.

0530 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 E CHEROKEE            34.76N 87.88W
12/06/2004                   COLBERT            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SOIL WAS WASHING AWAY AND STORM DRAINS FILLING. BUZZARDS
            ROOST CREEK TO BANKFULL UNDER HWY 72.

&&

RSB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
836 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004

ALZ009-010-070330-
DE KALB AL-JACKSON AL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...FORT PAYNE...
RAINSVILLE AND SCOTTSBORO
836 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AFFECTING
JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES...

DOPPLER RADAR AT 836 PM CST INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDING
FROM THE RUSSELL CAVE MONUMENT...TO SOUTH OF SECTION...MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS LINE OF SHOWERS
WILL AVERAGE FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN...WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME
FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

PERSONS IN THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON NEARBY
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND CULVERTS FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. IF WATER
APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY...AND NEVER
TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH MOVING WATER IN A VEHICLE.

THESE SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND A FEW RUMBLES OF
THUNDER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO A FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

RSB