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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

820 AM CDT SUN SEP 22 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BIBB AND TUSCALOOSA

COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT.



AT 820 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE MOST OF TUSCALOOSA 

COUNTY...AND ALL OF BIBB COUNTY.  THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVE 

FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 10 AM.  PARTS OF THE 

WARNING AREA HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT... 

AND AND ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES...OR MORE...OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. 

CONSIDERABLE FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 



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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