Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL
000 WGUS84 KHUN 091546 FLSHUN FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 946 AM CST TUE FEB 09 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA.. TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE AFFECTING COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD. THE DEPTH OF WATER IS NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS. AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF WATER WILL CARRY MOST CARS AWAY. ALSO...THE ROAD BED MAY BE WASHED OUT UNDER THE WATER...AND YOU COULD BE STRANDED OR TRAPPED. && ALC033-077-100346- /O.CON.KHUN.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100211T1048Z/ /FLOA1.1.ER.100207T2005Z.100208T0545Z.100211T0448Z.NO/ 946 AM CST TUE FEB 09 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE. * UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AT 7 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.2 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT 7 AM TUESDAY WAS 19.2 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE TODAY...AND WILL DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...ALABAMA STATE HIGHWAY 20 IS FLOODED AT THE UNDERPASS BELOW U.S. HIGHWAYS 43 AND 72. THE UNDERPASS WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.3 FEET ON DEC 13 2009. && RIVER FLOOD OBSERVED 12PM 6PM 12AM 6AM CREST LOCATION STAGE STG DAY TIME TUE TUE WED WED STG DAY TIME TENNESSEE RIVER FLORENCE 18.0 19.2 TUE 7 AM 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.1 N/A $$
