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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

621 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN MARENGO COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM.



OVER SOUTHWESTERN MARENGO...FROM MYRTLEWOOD...TO MILLER...RADAR 

INDICATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE AREA DURING THE 

LAST HOUR.  AS THE CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE 

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

AREA.  LOCATIONS FROM MILLER TO MAGNOLIA IN SOUTHEASTERN MARENGO 

COUNTY...CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THE STORMS 

APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.  THE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO BE 

OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 7 PM...AND ANY EXCESS 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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