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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

835 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN DEKALB COUNTY.



THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM.



THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...HAVE CONTINUED OVER DEKALB COUNTY 

THIS EVENING. RADARS HAVE ESTIMATED THAT NEAR TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE AREA EXTENDING FROM HENAGAR...SOUTHWEST TO FYFFE. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE AREA THROUGH 930 PM.



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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