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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1230 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN BLOUNT COUNTY.



WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED FLOWING ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS ACROSS THE 

SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BLOUNT COUNTY.  THE BLOUNT COUNTY EMA HAS 

REPORTED THAT SOME ROADS HAVE ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER 

THEM.  PLEASE DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION IF OUT TRAVELING TODAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS. 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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