Expires:201103081951;Remove:201103081951;156298 WGUS64 KHUN 080751 FFAHUN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 151 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA... TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE AFFECTING COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IF A ROAD IS UNDERWATER OR IS CLOSED...TURN AROUND! DON'T DROWN! && ALC033-077-081951- /O.NEW.KHUN.FL.A.0001.110309T2327Z-000000T0000Z/ /FLOA1.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 151 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE AL HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE. * FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 1 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...FLOODING OF MCFARLAND PARK BEGINS. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.7 FEET ON FEB 10 2010. && 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 15.8 TUE 1 AM 16.0 16.1 16.3 16.9 N/A $$