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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

735 AM CDT SUN SEP 02 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 36 COUNTIES...



AUTAUGA...BIBB...BLOUNT...CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CHEROKEE...CHILTON...

CLAY...CLEBURNE...COOSA...CULLMAN...DALLAS...ELMORE...ETOWAH...

FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...JEFFERSON...LAMAR...LEE...LOWNDES...

MACON...MARENGO...MARION...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PICKENS...RANDOLPH...

SHELBY...ST.CLAIR...SUMTER...TALLADEGA...TALLAPOOSA...TUSCALOOSA...

WALKER AND WINSTON.



LARGE AREAS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS

PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS MORNING.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS

OF 2.65 INCHES...HAD BEEN OBSERVED AT THE TUSCALOOSA AIRPORT FROM

MIDNIGHT TO 7 AM.  LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED STANDING WATER ON ROADS

IN THE TUSCALOOSA AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF ONE...TO TWO

INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS MORNING.



RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA TODAY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO...TO FOUR

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE DAY.  THE HEAVY

RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW

LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  RISES ON AREA RIVERS...STREAMS...AND

CREEKS CAN BE EXPECTED.  IF YOU ARE DRIVING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH OR

CENTRAL ALABAMA...YOU CAN EXPECT STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS AND

POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...PLEASE KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...

WATER CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS.  SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER

CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



THE WATCH AREA MAY BE ADJUSTED OR EXTENDED LATER TODAY.  PLEASE KEEP

UP WITH THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS...FORECAST...

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPIDLY

RISING WATERS AND FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN

THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...

AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A

WARNING IS ISSUED.

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