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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

830 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



AT 830 PM MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER JACKSON

COUNTY.  RADAR INDICATES AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ACROSS

PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY

SLOWLY AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR

OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS WITH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 2

TO 3 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT.



THIS RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL ALSO CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDER-PASSES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE

THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.  DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS

ESPECIALLY ROADS WITH WATER RUNNING ACROSS THEM.



STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES OR WARNINGS.

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