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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

925 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN HALE...TUSCALOOSA...PICKENS...GREENE AND

SUMTER COUNTIES.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS 

OF THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING.  AS MORE RAINFALL MOVES OVER THIS 

ALREADY SATURATED AREA...THE POSSIBILITY OF STANDING WATER ON 

ROADWAYS...ALONG WITH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...WILL 

INCREASE.  PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION IF OUT DRIVING THIS MORNING. 



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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