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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

525 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN SUMTER COUNTY.



IN THE VICINITY OF GASTON AND THE KINTERBISH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 

AREA...ALONG HIGHWAY 17 IN SOUTHERN SUMTER COUNTY...RADAR INDICATED 

UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE AREA DURING THE LAST 

HOUR.  AS THE CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVES SOUTHEAST OUT OF SUMTER COUNTY 

AT 10 MPH...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL OVER THE SAME 

AREA.  THE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE COUNTY 

SHORTLY AFTER 6 PM...AND WATERS SHOULD BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS.



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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