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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT..CORRECTED CANCELED COUNTIES

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

348 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR SUMTER AND GREENE COUNTIES...



A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR SUMTER AND GREENE COUNTIES...BUT

REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

ALABAMA...



AUTAUGA...BARBOUR...BIBB...BULLOCK...CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CHILTON...

CLAY...CLEBURNE...COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...HALE...LEE...LOWNDES...

MACON...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PIKE...RANDOLPH...RUSSELL...SHELBY...

TALLADEGA AND TALLAPOOSA.



A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WHAT ONCE WAS TROPICAL STORM ALLISON...

CONTINUES SPINNING NEAR MOBILE. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL TRACK

SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT. NUMEROUS

SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH HEAVY

RAINFALL AT TIMES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN

THE WATCH AREA...WITH SOME ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING 8 INCHES.



COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL REMAIN SUBJECT TO FLOODING.  BE

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.  DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

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