Rain and T-storms Cause Numerous Floods and a Water Rescue
For members of the media and other public entities, the National Weather Service opens a live chat line to give and receive real-time information during severe weather events. The following was simply cut and pasted from the IEMChat log from early morning hours of December 9, 2009.
(1:15:03 AM) NWS HUN Hydro: Updated rainfall totals… Big Cove – 6.07 … Mountain Gap Road – 5.29 … Falkville – 5.27 … Jones Valley – 5.19 … Ditto Landing – 5.04 … Bankhead Forest – 4.78 … South Jones Valley – 4.65 … Patton Road – 4.59 … Five Points – 4.28 … Blue Springs Road – 4.17 … Mastin Lake Road – 4.17 … Oakwood Avenue – 4.08 … Von Braun Center – 4.06 … Alabama A&M – 4.00 … Chase – 3.94 … Pence – 3.93 … Capshaw – 3.66 … Athens – 3.61 … Moulton – 3.36 … Woodville – 3.32 … Fayetteville – 3.21 … Medical District of Huntsville – 3.18 … Hazel Green – 3.00 … Anderson TN – 2.93 … and I’ll stop there for now.
(1:23:06 AM) NWS HUN Hydro: Indian Creek still rising… up to 9.5 feet. Looks very similar to almost this exact same day last year (12/10/2008).
(1:25:11 AM) nwsbot: HUN: 1 S Somerville [Morgan Co, AL] emergency mngr reports FLASH FLOOD at 01:00 AM CST — a car was swept off the road near the intersection of cut off rd and old six mile rd. subsequently…a rescue squad boat wrecked and the would be rescuers were trapped in a tree.
(1:25:11 AM) nwsbot: HUN: 3 Ssw Somerville [Morgan Co, AL] emergency mngr reports FLASH FLOOD at 01:00 AM CST — a man was swept from his vehicle by flood waters on gum springs rd and had to be rescued.
(1:25:11 AM) nwsbot: HUN issues Summary Local Storm Report , 39 out of 43 reports were previously sent and not repeated here.
The above video was sent to pix@waaytv.com, and was of backyard flooding in South Huntsville.
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Brad Huffines, Chief Meteorologist / Storm Force 31
