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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

505 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHILTON AND BIBB COUNTIES CONTINUES IN

EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM...



AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS OF BIBB COUNTY 

AND WEST CHILTON COUNTY.  THE RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE CENTREVILLE 

BRENT AREAS....TO JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF JEMISON. 



THE RAIN WAS DRIFTING WEST.  RADAR SHOWS THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

HAS OCCURRED FROM THE NORTHWEST PART OF CHILTON COUNTY...TO THE 

CENTREVILLE BRENT AREA.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SINCE 3 PM RANGED 

FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THIS AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

LIKELY ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH 6 PM.



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.  KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM DITCHES OR SMALL 

CREEKS.

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