Tracking Major Hurricane Erin; Hot in the Mid-Mississippi Valley

Major Hurricane Erin is tracking just north of the lower Bahamas today. Dangerous surf and rip current threats increase this week for most of the Atlantic coastline. Erin's outerbands may impact the Outer Banks later this week. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are forecast today and Tuesday from a part of the southern Plains into the central to lower Mississippi River Valley. 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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Tracking Major Hurricane Erin; Hot in the Mid-Mississippi Valley

December 2004 Flooding on the Paint Rock River