Storm Impacting the Southwest U.S.; Above Normal Temperatures Further East

A storm system will shift across the southwest U.S. through Thursday with widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms. Isolated flooding is possible. High-elevation snow is also expected in parts of Nevada and the southern Sierra Nevada range. East of this storm, above average temperatures will challenge or break daily record high temperatures this week in the southern Plains and southeast U.S. Read More >

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Hydrograph of the flooding from the Paint Rock River near Woodville, with reference stages (click for a larger image).

The Paint Rock River remained above flood stage for much of the first part of December. Here it is flooding an immense section of farmlands off Alabama Highway 65, just off U.S. 72.	Another vantage point of the Paint Rock River flooding, showing just how extensive the flood waters extend.

Flood waters flow across a barricaded Rock Cut Road, off U.S. Highway 72 in western Jackson County.	The flood waters extended up into nearby fields.

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Storm Impacting the Southwest U.S.; Above Normal Temperatures Further East

December 2004 Flooding on the Paint Rock River