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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

833 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN TALLADEGA AND SHELBY COUNTIES.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS 

OF SHELBY COUNTY OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH 1 

TO 2 INCHES IN PARTS OF TALLADEGA COUNTY. A BAND OF SHOWERS 

CONTINUES MOVING OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME SPOTS THROUGH 10:30 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS 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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