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THE SHOALS – Due to the imminent arrival of an early-Spring severe weather system, Northwest Alabama continues under a flood warning.
There is the statement from the National Weather Service in Huntsville:
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
937 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER 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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV /ALL
LOWER CASE/. ONCE THERE...CLICK ON THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO VIEW LOCAL
RIVER INFORMATION.
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 9 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.5 FEET AND HOLDING STEADY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT
9 AM FRIDAY WAS 19.1 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD NEARLY STEADY.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...FLOODING OF MCFARLAND PARK BEGINS.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 18.3 FEET
ON SEP 7 2011.
