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Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL

000
WGUS44 KHUN 072127
FLWHUN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
327 PM CST SUN FEB 07 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...

  TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE AFFECTING COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE
  COUNTIES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER
IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

ALC033-077-080927-
/O.NEW.KHUN.FL.W.0007.100207T2127Z-100210T0816Z/
/FLOA1.1.ER.100207T2005Z.100208T1200Z.100210T0216Z.NO/
327 PM CST SUN FEB 07 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE AL HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 3 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.4 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
  3 PM SUNDAY WAS 18.4 FEET.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...FLOODING OF MCFARLAND PARK BEGINS.

&&
RIVER         FLOOD    OBSERVED          6PM 12AM  6AM        CREST
LOCATION      STAGE  STG DAY TIME        SUN  MON  MON   STG DAY TIME

TENNESSEE RIVER
FLORENCE      18.0  18.4 SUN 3 PM       18.7 18.7 18.7  18.7 MON 6 PM

$$

JE