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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

548 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN ELMORE COUNTY.



ACROSS ELMORE COUNTY...UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 PM. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ACROSS CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD OCCURANCES 

OF STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.



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 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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