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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

149 PM CDT MON AUG 06 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND

CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TONIGHT...



SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE...

MONTGOMERY...SELMA...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...ALEXANDER CITY...

OPELIKA AND CULLMAN.



AT 145 PM CDT...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WERE LOCATED

OVER EASTERN MARENGO COUNTY...SOUTHEAST OF DEMOPOLIS. THE CENTER WAS

MOVING NORTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO SPREAD

NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THEN CURVE TO THE NORTHWEST

THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA.



AT 145 PM...HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER MOST OF JEFFERSON AND

SHELBY COUNTIES...AND ALSO IN A NARROW BAND FROM LAY LAKE TO

WETUMPKA.  SINCE 11 AM...THE HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE BEEN

OVER NORTHEAST AUTAUGA COUNTY AND OVER EASTERN CHILTON COUNTY...

WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES.



THE STORM CENTER IS FORECAST TO BE IN THE GENERAL AREA OF COLUMBUS

MISSISSIPPI BY DARK.  THE HEAVIER RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY

TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE PATH...AND MAY CONTINUE WELL INTO

TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER WEST ALABAMA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE

NEXT 18 HOURS WILL LIKELY REACH 3 INCHES OR MORE OVER MUCH OF THE

WATCH AREA...BUT ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.



PRIMARY CONCERN CENTERS ON EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.

LONG TERM RIVER FLOODING COULD BECOME A CONCERN LATER IN THE

WEEK.  PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG ALABAMA RIVERS SHOULD LISTEN FOR

LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS

AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE

IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED

FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAIN PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OR A

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

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