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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

815 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY THROUGH 1015 PM.



A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN 

EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...SOUTH OF PHENIX CITY EAST OF HIGHWAY 165 

AND NEAR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE.  DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM 2 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE VICINITY OF FORT MITCHELL NATIONAL 

CEMETERY...AND FORT MITCHELL.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR.    



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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