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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

624 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARBOUR AND RUSSELL

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

PARTS OF RUSSELL AND NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. 

ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE...AND FLASH 

FLOODING IS LIKELY.



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 3248 8500 3226 8499 3201 8509 3201 8543

          3214 8543 3241 8542



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