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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1225 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

     SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA



AT 1225 PM CDT...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED CLUSTERS OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PORDUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO 

ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN ONE HOUR PERIOD OVER THE AREA. 



AT 1225 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING OVER SOME STREETS WITH 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN THE PENSACOLA DOWNTOWN AREA AND A FEW AREAS 

OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN PENSACOLA.  THE HEAVY RAINS WILL BE SPREADING 

SLOWLY EAST INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY THROUGH 130 

PM CDT.    



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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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