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WGUS74 KMOB 292332

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ALC097-300030-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

631 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

     SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE



AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 525 PM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE 

COUNTY...NEAR TILMANS CORNER.  PUBLIC REPORTS FROM MOTORISTS IN THIS 

AREA HAVE ALSO INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THE THUNDERSTORM THAT IS 

PRODUCING THIS RAIN IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 730 PM AS IT MOVES SLOWLY 

TOWARDS THE WESTERN SHORE OF MOBILE BAY...NEAR HOLLINGERS ISLAND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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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