SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
735 PM CST FRI NOV 14 2008
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MADISON-MORGAN-
735 PM CST FRI NOV 14 2008
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MADISON AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL
830 PM CST…
..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING
AT 730 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS…EXTENDING FROM
NORTHWESTERN CULLMAN COUNTY…INTO LINCOLN AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN
TENNESSEE. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE…
HARTSELLE.
SOMERVILLE.
LACEYS SPRING.
SOUTHEAST HUNTSVILLE.
GURLEY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 1 INCH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST HUNTSVILLE ALREADY THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
APPROACHING STORMS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES.
BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS IS
LIKELY. USE EXTREME CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING ON
WET ROADWAYS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO…OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
