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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT/URBAN SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1005 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



...A SMALL STREAM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH MONROE...

ESCAMBIA...CONECUH AND COVINGTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

THROUGH MIDNIGHT...



AT 1005 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER

OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS

THE ADVISED AREA.  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE FROM 1/2

TO 1 INCH WITH NUMEROUS ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY

UNDER THE STRONGER STORMS.  SOME PONDING OF WATER AROUND CREEKS AND

LOW LYING AREAS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...AND ADDITIONAL RAINS OVER THE

NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS AND FLOOD PRONE ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS OF

ESCAMBIA...CONECUH AND COVINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

MAINLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



THE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPPER OFF OVER THE ADVISED AREA BY

MIDNIGHT...DIMINISHING THE FLOOD THREAT DURING THE EARLY MORNING

HOURS.



REMEMBER...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. IF CAUGHT IN RISING WATER...ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE

QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  IF YOU LIVE IN...OR NEAR THE

ADVISED AREA...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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