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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

453 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN RUSSELL AND BARBOUR COUNTIES THROUGH 

630 PM



AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... WELL 

MOVE EASTARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RUSSELL...AND NORTHERN 

BARBOUR COUNTIES.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR...HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.  

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

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

FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  BY 530 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BE OCCURING 

IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES...EXTENDING FROM EUFAULA IN 

THE SOUTH...TO JUST SOUTH OF PHENIX CITY IN THE NORTH.



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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