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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

902 PM CDT SUN SEP 02 2001



FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...WINSTON...WALKER...JEFFERSON...SHELBY...LAMAR...FAYETTE...

PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA...SUMTER...GREENE...HALE...BIBB...CHILTON...

MARENGO...AND PERRY.



LATEST FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL

IMPULSE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA

DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  THIS IMPULSE...COUPLED WITH THE VERY

MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA WILL ALLOW SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.  THIS ADDITIONAL

HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY

OCCURRED...COULD PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING AS THE GROUND IS TOTALLY

SATURATED.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

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