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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
924 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013

...UNOFFICIAL TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE FRIDAY EVENING (MAY 3)...

A SLOW-MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN
SEVERAL PROLONGED PERIODS OF RAIN ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
SINCE FRIDAY EVENING /MAY 3/. BELOW ARE UNOFFICIAL 72-HOUR RAINFALL
TOTALS TAKEN FROM A VARIETY OF WEATHER OBSERVING NETWORKS ACROSS
NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AS OF 9AM CDT MONDAY
MAY 6.

THE HIGHEST MEASURED RAINFALL TOTAL THUS FAR IS AT A COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER SITE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR /MORGAN COUNTY/
WHICH HAS RECEIVED 5.28 INCHES.

...LOCATION...                             ...TIME...      ...AMT...

...ALABAMA...

...COLBERT COUNTY...
1 ENE SHEFFIELD (548 FT)(COCORAHS)          800 AM MAY 6     2.31 IN
NORTH WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL (ASOS)          700 AM MAY 6     2.03 IN
MUSCLE SHOALS WATER PLANT (COOP)            706 AM MAY 6     1.98 IN

...CULLMAN COUNTY...
HANCEVILLE (590 FT)(COOP)                   800 AM MAY 6     3.23 IN
4 W GOOD HOPE (562 FT)(COCORAHS)            700 AM MAY 6     2.68 IN

...DEKALB COUNTY...
BOAZ-MT VERNON (1070 FT)(UCOOP)             700 AM MAY 6     4.13 IN
GROVE OAK (1110 FT)(GOES)                   600 AM MAY 6     3.46 IN
FORT PAYNE (917 FT)(COOP)                   800 AM MAY 6     3.16 IN
IDER (1610 FT)(UCOOP)                       700 AM MAY 6     2.81 IN

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
RUSSELLVILLE NUMBER 2 (880 FT)(COOP)        600 AM MAY 6     2.23 IN

...JACKSON COUNTY...
HOLLY TREE (700 FT)(UCOOP)                  700 AM MAY 6     3.59 IN
7 W SKYLINE (650 FT)(COCORAHS)              600 AM MAY 6     3.36 IN

...LAWRENCE COUNTY...
MOULTON 2 (622 FT)(COOP)                    800 AM MAY 6     2.17 IN
BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST (970 FT)(GOES)     827 AM MAY 6     2.16 IN

...LIMESTONE COUNTY...
BELLE MINA 2 N (603 FT)(COOP)               700 AM MAY 6     3.89 IN
6 WSW HARVEST (735 FT)(COCORAHS)            700 AM MAY 6     3.48 IN
ATHENS (COCORAHS)                           700 AM MAY 6     3.01 IN
PRYOR FIELD AIRPORT (ASOS)                  700 AM MAY 6     2.98 IN

...MADISON COUNTY...
OWENS CROSS ROADS 3S (590 FT)(COOP)         600 AM MAY 6     4.70 IN
WHITESBURG, AL. TENNESSEE RVR (GOES)        830 AM MAY 6     4.69 IN
HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ASOS)     700 AM MAY 6     4.02 IN
NEW MARKET (830 FT)(UCOOP)                  700 AM MAY 6     3.50 IN

...MARSHALL COUNTY...
GUNTERSVILLE (578 FT)(COOP)                 545 AM MAY 6     4.83 IN
CITY WATER PLANT (595 FT)(COOP)             700 AM MAY 6     4.74 IN
3 ESE GUNTERSVILLE (1063 FT)(COCORAHS)      600 AM MAY 6     4.03 IN

...MORGAN COUNTY...
DECATUR 5 SE (585 FT)(COOP)                 800 AM MAY 6     5.28 IN
3 ENE DECATUR (564 FT)(COCORAHS)            700 AM MAY 6     3.55 IN

...TENNESSEE...

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
4 SW COWAN (1028 FT)(COCORAHS)              700 AM MAY 6     4.12 IN
4 W WINCHESTER (1001 FT)(COCORAHS)          700 AM MAY 6     3.19 IN
ANDERSON (649 FT)(GOES)                     830 AM MAY 6     3.18 IN
ANDERSON (649 FT)(COOP)                     815 AM MAY 6     2.53 IN

...LINCOLN COUNTY...
11 SW PETERSBURG (738 FT)(COCORAHS)         700 AM MAY 6     2.64 IN
FAYETTEVILLE 8 WSW (840 FT)(UCOOP)          600 AM MAY 6     2.63 IN
6 NNW FAYETTEVILLE (811 FT)(COCORAHS)       700 AM MAY 6     2.52 IN

...MOORE COUNTY...
1 WNW LYNCHBURG (844 FT)(COCORAHS)          700 AM MAY 6     3.04 IN
CITY OF LYNCHBURG WATER TREATMT PLANT       700 AM MAY 6     2.73 IN


OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. NOT ALL DATA LISTED IS CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANKS ITS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERS FOR
PROVIDING US WITH THIS DATA.