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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

859 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM.



RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF SHELBY COUNTY 

MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN 

BE EXPECTED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  DO NOT TRY AND DRIVE ACROSS 

ANY ROADS THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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