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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT/URBAN SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1137 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



...IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...WAYNE.



...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR JUST BEFORE THE NOON HOUR SHOWED AN

AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE WEST OF WAYNE AND

CHOCTAW COUNTIES. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST

NORTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD AFFECT THE COUNTIES LATER

THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES WILL

CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.



REPORTS FROM CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF

RAIN HAVE FELL ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTY IN THE PAST FEW

DAYS WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS FROM WAYNE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY

RAIN WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY...POSSIBLY CREATING A FLASH FLOODING

SITUATION. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE

AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY.





DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN ...OR NEAR.. ANY OF THE FLOOD

PRONE AREAS LISTED ABOVE BE CAREFUL.

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