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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1012 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

TODAY...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY OVER LEE...MACON...

RUSSELL...BULLOCK...PIKE...AND BARBOUR COUNTIES.



TROPICAL STORM HANNA...AT 10 AM...WAS MOVING ONSHORE NEAR THE

ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE...OR VERY CLOSE TO MOBILE.  HANNA IS

EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA

THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.  HANNA SHOULD MOVE ALONG A PATH

FROM MOBILE...TO GREENVILLE...TO MONTGOMERY...TO LAFAYETTE.  THE

CENTER OF HANNA SHOULD BE NEAR MONTGOMERY AROUND 7 PM.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST

TRACK.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN AND NEAR THE

WATCH AREA.  ONLY A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE AFFECTING THE WATCH AREA

LATE THIS MORNING.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER THE

AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED

AROUND MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS.  SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER

CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER MINUTES WHEN HEAVY RAINS

OCCUR.

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