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Flooding Threat Continues in Portions of Texas; Poor Air Quality in the Great Lakes through the Mid-Atlantic

Widespread life-threatening flash and urban flooding continues in south-central Texas, with considerable flooding impacts possible across central Texas. Wildfire smoke is impacting air quality across much of the Great Lakes region into southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Monsoonal thunderstorms may produce isolated to scattered flash flooding across the Southwest into the Great Basin. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
530 AM CDT FRI 17 SEP 2004


PEAK WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM IVAN 
OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA:


                        SEPTEMBER 16 2004

                 WINDS               WIND 
LOCATION         DIR/SPEED (KNOTS)   GUSTS (MPH)     TIME (CDT)
--------         -----------------   ------------    ----------

CULLMAN          05030G39KT          NE  45 MPH      1220 PM
DECATUR*         02022G37KT          N   43 MPH       251 PM
FT PAYNE         06019G45KT          ENE 52 MPH       220 PM
HUNTSVILLE HSV   03031G40KT          NE  46 MPH       444 PM 
HUNTSVILLE UAH                       NE  41 MPH       430 PM 
MERIDIANVILLE    02022G35KT          NNE 40 MPH       542 PM
MUSCLE SHOALS    02024G40KT          NNE 46 MPH       410 PM


* HIGHEST RECORDED WIND BEFORE POWER AT SITE FAILED.


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