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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT/URBAN SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1100 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

     GEORGE



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

     MOBILE



AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOBILE,AL

INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MOST OF GEORGE AND

SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTIES.  THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION...AROUND 2

INCHES...HAD FALLEN FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUCEDALE, MS TO

TILLMANS CORNER, AL.  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTH INTO

THE NORTHERN GULF IS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL PROVIDE

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH 2 PM. IF

THE CURRENT MOVEMENT PERSISTS...THE AREAS OF GREATEST RISK ARE

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MOBILE COUNTY.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RISE TO NEAR BANK...AND SOME LOW-

LYING ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME INUNDATED WITH WATER AS THE

RAINS CONTINUE THROUGH 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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