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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

633 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN MARSHALL COUNTY TIL 9 AM.



A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... 

CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS MOST OF MARSHALL COUNTY THIS MORNING.  

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE 3 AM.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE...POSSIBLY TWO INCHES...WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 WILL BE 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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