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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

555 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...COVINGTON COUNTY.



AT 555 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY.  THESE 

STORMS WHERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 

TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR COMMON.  



THE COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED A COUPLE OF ROADS FLOODED IN 

ANDALUSIA...EAST THREE NOTCH ROAD AND THE BY-PASS ROAD NEAR THE BEST 

WESTERN HOTEL.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



MOTORIST IN COVINGTON COUNTY ARE ADVISED TO TRAVEL WITH EXTREME 

CAUTION THIS EVENING AND NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS 

THE ROAD.  



THE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING AND 

END THE THREAT OF FLOODING.   

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