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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

909 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MORGAN COUNTY CONTINUES IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 1030 AM...



AT 858 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

MORGAN COUNTY...FROM SOMERVILLE...TO LACEY SPRINGS...MORGAN 

CITY...AND EVA.  REPORTS ACROSS THE AREA ALSO SHOW THAT THE FLOODING 

THREAT CONTINUES AND THUS THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.  

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOME 

LOCATIONS SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...AT THE 

RATE OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

THROUGH MID-MORNING. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN MORGAN COUNTY 

REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN THE SOMERVILLE AND LACEY SPRINGS 

AREA.  CONTINUED RAINFALL...AND RISING WATERS...MAY REQUIRE 

EVACUATIONS OF SOME LOCATIONS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM.

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