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ALC001-051-085-101-161900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1233 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOWNDES...MONTGOMERY...

AUTAUGA AND ELMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT.



AT 1226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER ALL BUT LOWNDES COUNTY.  

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...AND MOST OF 

ELMORE COUNTY.



SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN...BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES...BUT PARTS OF SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY...IN AND AROUND RAMER AND GRADY...LIKELY HAVE RECEIVED 6 TO 8 

INCHES OF RAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3275 8592 3242 8604 3201 8602 3198 8683

      3236 8678 3262 8684



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