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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...CORRECTED SPELLING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

515 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR PEOPLE 

IN BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.



AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IS INTERACTING WITH 

A VERY MOIST AIRMASS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF 

MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.  THE POSITION OF THE LOW HAS RESULTED 

IN THE TRAINING OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS ACROSS THE SAME AREAS 

OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS.  WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AT 

LEAST 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST 

BALDWIN COUNTY SINCE 11 AM THIS MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS AN AREA FROM 

AROUND SPANISH FORT AND MALBIS TO POINT CLEAR AND MAGNOLIA SPRINGS 

AND  SOUTHWARD OVER WEEKS BAY.  LATEST RADAR IMAGES INDICATE ANOTHER 

2 TO 3 HOURS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS COULD FALL OVER THIS SAME 

AREA.  



THE LINE OF TRAINING HEAVIER SHOWERS IS SLOWLY MOVING WESTWARD AND 

IS EXPECTED TO TRAIN OVER MUCH OF MOBILE COUNTY THROUGH THE LATE 

EVENING HOURS.  THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUNDS AND POSSIBLE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD RESULT IN MINOR 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING THROUGH AT LEAST 900 PM 

THIS EVENING. 



AREA RESIDENTS ACROSS BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO 

LIMIT TRAVEL THIS EVENING IF POSSIBLE AND ESPECIALLY AVOID FLOOD 

PRONE AREAS.  REMEMBER...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 AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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