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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

755 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECTIVE 

UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING FOR CONECUH COUNTY...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR COVINGTON COUNTY WAS 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM...



AT 755 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CONECUH COUNTY WITH LIGHTER 

RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE 

DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND RADAR SHOWED A WEAKENING TREND OVER 

THE LAST 30 MINUTES.  HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CONECUH COUNTY AND THE 

THREAT OF MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

THROUGH 900 PM.   



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS WERE NOTED OVER PORTIONS OF COVINGTON COUNTY 

BUT INTENSITIES WHERE QUICKLY DIMINISHING AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED 

TO CONTINUE...LESSONING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  

THEREFORE THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR COVINGTON COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE.  



REMEMBER...MOTORIST IN CONECUH AND COVINGTON COUNTIES SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO TRAVEL WITH EXTREME CAUTION THIS EVENING...AND ARE 

ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  



THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH 900 PM THIS EVENING AND 

END THE THREAT OF FLOODING.   

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