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WGUS74 KMOB 061532

FFSMOB

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-061615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT/URBAN SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1032 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA

PANHANDLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED...





TROPICAL STORM BARRY HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION

AS THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF BARRY MOVES INTO CENTRAL AND

NORTHERN ALABAMA.  THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT OF PERSISTENT

MODERATE OR HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD

WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



ISOLATED MODERATE SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY

AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY ACROSS BUTLER AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES...AND ALONG

THE COAST NEAR DESTIN.  DAYTIME HEATING WILL HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE

ATMOSPHERE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS

WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY OVER THE

COASTAL COUNTIES AS A SOUTHERN PERIPHERY FEEDER BAND OVER THE COASTAL

WATERS MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON.

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