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ALC073-117-121-221630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1116 AM CDT SUN SEP 22 2002



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SHELBY...TALLADEGA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 1116 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL

HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS SHELBY...TALLADEGA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. 

REPORTS ACROSS THE AREA ALSO SHOW THAT THE FLOODING THREAT HAS 

DIMISHED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



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

DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN

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

OCCUR. KEEP IN MIND THAT...THIS DEEP...FAST MOVING WATER WILL

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAINS HAVE STOPPED.

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