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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

349 PM CDT MON AUG 06 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO CONTINUE

THROUGH TONIGHT...OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...HAS BEEN

CANCELLED.



AT 330 PM CDT...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WERE

CENTERED OVER GREENE COUNTY...IN WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THE STORM

SYSTEM WAS MOVING STEADILY TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...AND SHOULD

EXIT ALABAMA INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM.



THE CENTER OF THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS NORTH

MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND SHOULD BE SOUTH OF MEMPHIS BY

DAYBREAK ON TUESDAY.  THIS PROJECTED PATH TAKES THE REMNANTS OF BARRY

FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM ALABAMA...TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE FLASH

FLOOD THREAT ACROSS ALABAMA TONIGHT.



A LARGE AREA OF RAIN BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND HAMILTON...WILL

CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...WILL STILL BE

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS.  THESE SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.

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