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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

628 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN

JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES...UNTIL 715 PM THIS EVENING.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN AN

AREA BETWEEN VESTAVIA HILLS...CHELSEA...PELHAM...AND HELENA.   THE

STRONGEST STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED INTO

NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY...FROM PELHAM TO ALABASTER.  SOME

FLOODING OF ROADWAYS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PELHAM.  ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN

SHELBY COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.  EVEN THOUGH

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHERN JEFFERSON

COUNTY...MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE ALONG STREAMS AND LOW

LYING AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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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