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WGUS74 KMOB 090226

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ALZ054-090300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

926 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 

EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM...



AT 926 PM...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS PERSISTING 

ACROSS PARTS OF WILCOX COUNTY...NEAR CAMDEN AND COY.  DOPPLER RADAR 

HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 6 PM 

ALONG COUNTY ROAD 29...BETWEEN PRAIRIE AND BOYKIN.  EVEN THOUGH THE 

SIZE OF THE RAIN AREA HAS DIMINISHED SINCE SUNSET...ENOUGH RAIN MAY 

HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY TO MAINTAIN A LOCAL 

FLOODING THREAT THROUGH 10 PM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE 

FLOODING DANGERS.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER 

MAY COVER 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR 

FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER EVENT.

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