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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

628 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE IN WESTERN COLBERT AND WESTERN LAUDERDALE 

COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS 

OF COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN RED BAY AND CHEROKEE SINCE 5 PM.  RAIN IS 

EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 630 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES POSSIBLE.



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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