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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

652 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY

UNTIL 8 PM...



AT 653 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG WITH SOME

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THESE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 8 PM WILL BE AROUND 1 INCH.

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY AS THE SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.



REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ANY ROADS THAT MAY BE

COVERED WITH WATER.  IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT FLOODS EASILY...BE

SURE TO WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.

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