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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

530 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 

7:30 AM.



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

OF THE ADVISORY AREA SINCE 3 AM. AN AREA OF SHOWERS...AND ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE MOVE ACROSS JEFFERSON AND SHELBY 

COUNTIES THROUGH 7:30 AM. 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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