Calhoun

The National Weather Service in Birmingham al has issued a

* Flood Warning for the Coosa River at Gadsden.
* Until Thursday morning...
* at 7:30 PM Tuesday the stage was 510.8 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 511.0 feet.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by this evening and continue to
rise to near 511.7 feet by tomorrow morning . The river will fall
below flood stage by tomorrow late morning .
* Impact... at 512.0 feet... some residential flooding begins in the
Gadsden area when the Coosa River reaches 512 feet

... Lake Wind Advisory in effect from 9 am this morning to 6 PM
CST this afternoon...

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a lake Wind
Advisory... which is in effect from 9 am this morning to 6 PM CST
this afternoon.

West winds of 15 to 25 mph can be expected on area lakes and
waterways today.

A lake Wind Advisory indicates that winds will cause rough chop
on area lakes. Small boats will be especially prone to capsizing.

... 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 0453 PM

Oxford, Calhoun County.

Thunderstorm wind gust e0.00 mph, reported by Emergency Mngr.


            Numerous large trees snapped off. Damage at shell
            station. Damage around quintard mall and at High
            School.Several eateries and fuel stations sustained
            significant roof and structural damages.




01/06/2009 0453 PM

Oxford, Calhoun County.

Thunderstorm wind gust e0.00 mph, reported by Emergency Mngr.


            Numerous large trees snapped off. Damage at shell
            station. Damage around quintard mall and at High
            School.Several eateries and fuel stations sustained
            significant roof and structural damages.




01/06/2009 0453 PM

Oxford, Calhoun County.

Thunderstorm wind gust e0.00 mph, reported by Emergency Mngr.


            Numerous large trees snapped off. Damage at shell
            station. Damage around quintard mall and at High
            School.Several eateries and fuel stations sustained
            significant roof and structural damages.

... National Weather Service survey team will investigate storm
damage in northeast Alabama today...

With damage reported in Calhoun County and possibly a few other
counties in northeast Alabama... a National Weather Service
assessment team will be on site later this morning to survey these
areas. Information gathered from the survey will conveyed in public
information statements as quickly as possible.

A major contribution to the Success of our severe weather warning
program is the receipt of storm reports from all our customers and
partners across central Alabama. If you witnessed or are aware of
any storm damage due to high winds or tornadoes... please contact
your local emergency management office... or call our storm reporting
hotline at 1-800-856-0758.