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WGUS74 KBMX 250457

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ALC063-119-250700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1156 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUMTER AND GREENE

COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT.



AT 1153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.  

ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...THAT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY 

RAINS...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CUBA...YORK...AND LIVINGSTON 

AREAS BETWEEN 1215 AND 1 AM.  ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3300 8789 3257 8780 3248 8799 3233 8807

          3233 8841 3289 8832



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