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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT/URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1104 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

     BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES



AT 1058 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN PORTIONS OF 

BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES.



SATURATED GROUND WILL CREATE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM.  THIS 

WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND AREAS ALONG THE BANKS 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING.  POORLY DRAINED PARKING LOTS WILL LIKELY HAVE 

DEEP PONDING OF WATER.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA 

ARE ADVISED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND 

BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING THREATENS.  REMEMBER...BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING TONIGHT.  AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW VEHICLES TO 

CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE.



RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM THURSDAY MORNING.

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