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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

630 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN MORGAN COUNTY TILL 9 AM.



SHOWERS...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE 

EAST PART OF MORGAN COUNTY THIS MORNING.  HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED 

ACROSS THIS AREA ON FRIDAY CAUSING FLOODING AND AREA STREAMS TO 

RISE.  RADAR ESTIMATES THIS MORNING INDICATE THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES 

OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE 3 AM.  



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE REDEVELOPING 

ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 9 AM.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...AND PRODUCE STANDING WATER ON AREA 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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