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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1150 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES.



IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES.



JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH

HEAVY RAIN WAS FROM NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA TO GREENE COUNTY

MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL SINCE 8 PM WAS ESTIMATED BY RADAR TO BE

APPROACHING 3 INCHES IN SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG

AND IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE.



THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF PERRY...GREENE AND

WAYNE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI. SOME FLOODING OF LOW PLACES AND POOR

DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS OVER SOUTHEAST

MISSISSIPPI. THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ALONG AND

JUST WEST OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST

ALABAMA.





PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER.  BE

PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR

OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

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