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[STORMREPORTS] Flooding in Tennessee, Georgia

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu May 08 2003 - 20:36:13 EDT

24-hour doppler est. precip:
http://radar.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/radar_index_large.asp?partner=6037&getarea=ga_&nxtype=24hr&type=still

Rain Swamps South; Hundreds Flee Homes (Associated Press)

"Some of the heaviest rainfall in more than a century swamped parts of the
South with flooding Thursday, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and
businesses in Georgia and Tennessee.

Some 300 people left West Point, Ga., 75 miles southwest of Atlanta, as the
Chattahoochee River rose toward its highest level since at least 1961, fed
by several days of rain from pounding thunderstorms.

Tornadoes were blamed for damaging a dozen houses in central Alabama's
Shelby County, as well as a church and 26 homes in Munford.

Swollen rivers were still rising across northern Alabama, and anecdotal
reports put the floods spurred by 5 to 8 inches of rain as the worst in the
Huntsville area since 1990, said Chris Darden, a weather service
meteorologist. "

For the full story, go to:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030508/ap_on_re_us/flooding_rdp_6 

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