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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

556 AM CST SAT MAR 03 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.  MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE AREA.  AS OF 6 AM...RAINFALL HAD

REACHED ABOUT 2.5 INCHES AT DANNELLY FIELD IN MONTGOMERY.  NWS 88-D

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER

PARTS OF SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST LOWNDES COUNTY AS

WELL AS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY. MORE THAN FOUR

INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN ALREADY OVER SPARSELY POPULATED

SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY.



THESE AREAS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR

POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



BE READY TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY IF A WARNING IS

ISSUED OR IF YOU SEE RAPIDLY RISING WATER.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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