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WFO HUNTSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, February 22, 2019

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FLOOD WARNING

Bulletin - Immediate Broadcast Requested

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Huntsville AL

1038 AM CST Mon Feb 18 2019

...The National Weather Service in Huntsville AL has issued a Flood

Warning for the following rivers in Alabama...

Paint Rock River NEAR Woodville affecting Jackson...Madison and

Marshall 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. Additional

information is available at http://water.weather.gov. Once there,

click on the Tennessee Valley to view local river information.

The National Weather Service in Huntsville AL has issued a Flood

Warning

* from this afternoon until late Thursday night.

* At 10 AM Monday the stage was 13.4 feet and rising.

* Flood Stage is 15.0 feet.

* Minor Flooding is forecast.

* Forecast...Rise above Flood Stage by late this afternoon and crest

near 16.5 FEET BY early Thursday morning. The river will fall below

Flood Stage by early Thursday evening.

* Impact...At 16.0 feet...Flood waters affect mostly bottomland along

the river...including low lying farm and pasturelands.

* Flood history...This crest compares to a previous crest of 16.3 feet

on Dec 11 2018.

RIVER FLOOD OBSERVED 12PM 6PM 12AM 6AM CREST

LOCATION STAGE STG DAY TIME Mon Mon Tue Tue STG DAY TIME

PAINT ROCK RIVER

Woodville 15.0 13.4 Mon 10 AM 14.5 15.4 15.7 15.7 16.5 Thu 12 AM

The National Weather Service in Huntsville AL has issued a Flood

Warning

* from this afternoon until late Thursday night.

* At 10 AM Monday the stage was 13.4 feet and rising.

* Flood Stage is 15.0 feet.

* Minor Flooding is forecast.

* Forecast...Rise above Flood Stage by late this afternoon and crest

near 16.5 FEET BY early Thursday morning. The river will fall below

Flood Stage by early Thursday evening.

* Impact...At 16.0 feet...Flood waters affect mostly bottomland along

the river...including low lying farm and pasturelands.

* Flood history...This crest compares to a previous crest of 16.3 feet

on Dec 11 2018.

RIVER FLOOD OBSERVED 12PM 6PM 12AM 6AM CREST

LOCATION STAGE STG DAY TIME Mon Mon Tue Tue STG DAY TIME

PAINT ROCK RIVER

Woodville 15.0 13.4 Mon 10 AM 14.5 15.4 15.7 15.7 16.5 Thu 12 AM

The National Weather Service in Huntsville AL has issued a Flood

Warning

* from this afternoon until late Thursday night.

* At 10 AM Monday the stage was 13.4 feet and rising.

* Flood Stage is 15.0 feet.

* Minor Flooding is forecast.

* Forecast...Rise above Flood Stage by late this afternoon and crest

near 16.5 FEET BY early Thursday morning. The river will fall below

Flood Stage by early Thursday evening.

* Impact...At 16.0 feet...Flood waters affect mostly bottomland along

the river...including low lying farm and pasturelands.

* Flood history...This crest compares to a previous crest of 16.3 feet

on Dec 11 2018.

RIVER FLOOD OBSERVED 12PM 6PM 12AM 6AM CREST

LOCATION STAGE STG DAY TIME Mon Mon Tue Tue STG DAY TIME

PAINT ROCK RIVER

Woodville 15.0 13.4 Mon 10 AM 14.5 15.4 15.7 15.7 16.5 Thu 12 AM

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