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ALC039-210500-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1005 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING 

FOR COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.



AT 955 PM CDT AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN IN EXCESS OF ONE AND HALF INCHES NEAR RED LEVEL IN NORTHWEST 

COVINGTON COUNTY. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS SHOWING 

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH ACROSS 

SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE 

REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT 

LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE 

STORMS.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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