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Hurricane Ivan
 As expected, Hurricane Ivan pounded the central Gulf Coast counties from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle with strong Category 3 winds, 25 foot wave action and up to 15 inch rainfall amounts -- causing extensive property damage, coastal flooding, tornadoes and widespread power outages. By Thursday morning, at least 12 deaths had been reported.
According to the National Weather Service's Southeast River Forecast Center (SERFC) and Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC), Ivan will continue to be a dangerous rainmaker and flooding threat for the next several days -- as it makes its way northeast through Alabama, northwest Georgia, eastern Tennessee, the Carolinas and on into the Appalachian Mountain states.
Working closely with the River Forecast Centers, Weather Forecast Offices along Ivan's path have issued numerous Tornado, High Wind and Flood Watches and Warnings. Over the next few days, rainfall averages of four to eight inches are expected to blanket most of Alabama, while much of northwest Georgia, including the Atlanta area, will see averages of three to six inches.
LMRFC and SERFC River Flood Outlooks anticipate significant river flooding in southeast Mississippi and along Ivan's northeasterly path. Ivan's forward speed is expected to slow as it reaches the mountains -- adding to the rainfall and flooding concerns in that region through the weekend.
For more information on precipitation analysis and flood outlooks, please visit the following web sites:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ahps
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/rfcshare/precip_analysis.php?location=SR
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/nationalfloodoutlook/
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lmrfc/fop/
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/serfc/fop/
As the flood dangers of Hurricane Ivan mount, the National Weather Service reminds people in the affected areas to heed its flood safety slogan - Turn Around, Don't Drown®. Floods kill more people each year than most major weather-related events and the vast majority of those deaths are easily preventable.
Thirty year NWS Storm Data records show 3,192 people died in floods between 1974 and 2003. That's an average of 106 deaths per year. During the same period, lightning claimed 2,002 lives (67 per year), tornadoes killed 1,935 (65 per year) and hurricanes took 421 people (14 per year). The records also indicate 80 percent of the flooding deaths resulted when people drove or walked into moving water. For more information on the Turn Around, Don't Drown® program, visit: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/tadd.
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