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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

744 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...COLBERT AND

FRANKLIN COUNTIES.



DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS 

NORTHWEST ALABAMA OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS 

APPROCHING 5 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH CAN 

BE EXPECTED THROUGH 945 PM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL 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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