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WGUS74 KMOB 031052

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ALC023-031345-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

542 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CDT THIS MONDAY MORNING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

     CHOCTAW



AT 540 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAINS TOTALING 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE MOVING EAST OUT OF 

MISSISSIPPI TOWARD CHOCTAW COUNTY.  AS THESE STORMS MOVE 

ACROSS...THEY WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF WATER FLOWING INTO 

SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ALREADY NEAR BANKFULL FROM PREVIOUS RAINS.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS A FEW COUNTRY ROADS.  



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER 

THE ROADWAY.  REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE BECOME 

TRAPPED IN THEIR AUTOMOBILE.

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