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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

628 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN TUSCALOOSA AND BIBB COUNTIES.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT HAVE OCCURRED 

ACROSS PARTS OF TUSCALOOSA AND BIBB COUNTIES.  TUSCALOOSA POLICE 

DEPARTMENT REPORTED STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS IN THE CITY OF 

TUSCALOOSA.  PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY.



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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