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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

429 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN CHEROKEE COUNTY.



ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY...UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS

AFTERNOON.  WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS

THE AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  

RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND WATER MAY BE SLOW

TO RECEDE IN SOME AREAS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM STORM WILL CAUSE CONTINUED 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 WILL BE 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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