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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

406 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN ELMORE COUNTY.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS 

OF THE COUNTY.  WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALLS OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING...THE GROUND WILL RAPIDLY BECOME SATURATED WITH ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS STORMS MOVE ACROSS 

THE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  RAINFALL SHOULD TAPER OFF BY 

8 PM.



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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