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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

157 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARBOUR COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE IN 

EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM.



AT 157 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER EUFAULA IN BARBOUR 

COUNTY. REPORTS ACROSS THE AREA ALSO SHOW THAT THE FLOODING THREAT 

CONTINUES AND THUS THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALREADY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREETS 

ACROSS THE CITY ARE UNDER WATER AND ARE IMPASSABLE. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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.





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