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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

157 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



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PIKE AL-BARBOUR AL-

157 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR

BARBOUR AND PIKE COUNTIES...



AT 145 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS PIKE AND BARBOUR 

COUNTIES. DOPPLER RAINFALL AND LOCAL SPOTTER REPORTS HAVE INDICATED

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SINCE NOON 

CDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE LIMITED TO TROY...SPRING 

HILL...LINWOOD...LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK...HAWKINSVILLE...COMER 

AND BARBOUR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE DAM.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH 5 PM CDT ARE 

LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3162 8617 3178 8615 3197 8619 3197 8600

      3207 8596 3205 8590 3197 8587 3197 8579

      3189 8579 3189 8566 3201 8557 3202 8543

      3215 8540 3215 8526 3207 8519 3204 8504

      3177 8515 3170 8521 3171 8540 3161 8542



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