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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

755 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN MADISON COUNTY.



THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED 

ACROSS PARTS OF MADISON COUNTY...MAINLY IN THE HARVEST... 

MERIDIANVILLE AND HAZEL GREEN AREAS.  REPORTS OF WATER ON SOME ROADS 

ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 

FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.



ALTHOUGH AREA RADARS INDICATE THAT THE STORMS ACROSS THE AREA WERE 

WEAKENING...AN ADDITIONAL ONE...POSSIBLY TWO INCHES...OF RAINFALL 

MAY OCCUR THROUGH 9 PM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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