Morgan

The National Weather Service in Huntsville al has issued a
* Flood Warning for
the Tennessee River at Whitesburg
* from late tonight until late Thursday night
* at 7 am Wednesday the stage was 14.1 feet
* minor flooding is forecast
* flood stage is 17.0 feet
* forecast... rise above flood stage after midnight tonight... crest
near 17.5 feet around midday Thursday... and fall below flood stage
Thursday night.
* Impact... at 17.0 feet... lowland flooding begins. Some access roads
in the area become flooded.
* Flood history... this crest compares to a previous crest of 17.4
feet on Feb 24 2003.

River flood observed noon 6pm mid 6am crest
location stage stg day time Wed Wed Thu Thu stg day time

Tennessee River
Whitesburg 17.0 14.1 Wed 7 am 14.2 15.6 16.6 17.2 17.5 Thu 12pm

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Birmingham...

a record rainfall of 2.68 inch(es) was set at Birmingham yesterday.
This breaks the old record of 2.03 set in 1934.

01/06/2009 0918 am

1 miles se of Falkville, Morgan County.

Flood, reported by trained spotter.


            1 to 3 inches of water covering Road near the
            intersection of Douglas Road and Highway 55 east.




01/06/2009 0124 PM

4 miles WNW of Ryan crossrosville, Morgan County.

Flood, reported by Emergency Mngr.


            Intersection of Martin Road and Lawrence Cove Road
            closed.




01/06/2009 0826 PM

2 miles NNE of Ryan crossroy, Morgan County.

Flash flood, reported by public.


            Cotaco creek was out of its banks and covering Ruth Road.
            Water was reported to be 1 to 2 feet deep and flowing
            quickly.




01/06/2009 0826 PM

2 miles NNE of Ryan crossro, Morgan County.

Flash flood, reported by public.


            Cotaco creek was out of its banks and covering Ruth Road.
            Water was reported to be 1 to 2 feet deep and flowing
            quickly.




01/06/2009 0124 PM

4 miles WNW of Ryan crossro, Morgan County.

Flood, reported by Emergency Mngr.


            Intersection of Martin Road and Lawrence Cove Road
            closed.





01/06/2009 0918 am

1 miles se of Falkville, Morgan County.

Flood, reported by trained spotter.


            1 to 3 inches of water covering Road near the
            intersection of Douglas Road and Highway 55 east.

... Straight line wind damage in central Calhoun County...

A National Weather Service storm survey team has evaluated damage in
Calhoun County from tuesday's storms.


Rating: straight line winds (estimated at 85 mph)
location: intersection of Highway US-78 and US-431 near
                  Interstate 20 Oxford exit
maximum width: area of damage
time: 504 PM CST
date: January 6, 2009
injuries: none
fatalities: none

Damage information: path length of one to two miles. One Mobile home
destroyed and one complex damaged with a tree falling on it. At
least two dozen structures with roofs damaged. 40 trees uprooted or
snapped. Several power lines downed north of Interstate 20.