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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

933 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.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED 

SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG A FEW ROADWAYS AND SMALL STREAMS ACROSS 

JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 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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