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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

600 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 815

PM...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT ACROSS SHELBY

COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM...



AT 555 PM...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS PUSHED NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSON

AND SHELBY COUNTIES.  HOWEVER...TRAILING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL

CONTINUE OVER THE TWO COUNTIES...THROUGH 630 PM.



ANOTHER CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO

TUSCALOOSA AND BIBB COUNTIES...AND THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING

TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY AFFECT

JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS...SO FAR TODAY...FELL ACROSS WEST JEFFERSON

COUNTY...FROM THE PLEASANT GROVE AREA TO WESTERN BIRMINGHAM.  RADAR

ESTIMATES INDICATE 2.5 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE SOAKED THIS PART OF

JEFFERSON COUNTY.



ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE TWO COUNTIES

BETWEEN 6 AND 730 PM.









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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

558 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM.



RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST 

ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.  RAINFALL TOTALS WILL 

GENERALLY BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  

THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.  



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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