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000 

WGUS54 KBMX 011128

FFWBMX

ALC073-117-011530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

528 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WARRIOR...TRUSSVILLE...MINOR...

  HUEYTOWN...HOOVER...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...MONTEVALLO...HELENA...

  COLUMBIANA...ALABASTER



* UNTIL 930 AM CST



* AT 528 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS JEFFERSON AND  

  SHELBY COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VANDIVER...

  SYLVAN SPRINGS...PINSON...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MORRIS...

  LEEDS...LAKE PURDY...KIMBERLY...INVERNESS...HOOVER METROPOLITAN

  STADIUM...HOMEWOOD...GRAYSVILLE...CHELSEA...CAHABA HEIGHTS AND

  BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO POSSIBLY TWO INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH 930 AM CST.  

WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY 

NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS 

JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES THIS MORNING.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

DIMINISH BY 10 AM CST IN AND AROUND THE BIRMINGHAM AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.  MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 

FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3347 8725 3309 8692 3308 8657 3347 8638

      3354 8656 3375 8660 3383 8689



$$



MBS/91

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000 

WGUS54 KBMX 011128

FFWBMX

ALC073-117-011530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

528 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WARRIOR...TRUSSVILLE...MINOR...

  HUEYTOWN...HOOVER...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...MONTEVALLO...HELENA...

  COLUMBIANA...ALABASTER



* UNTIL 930 AM CST



* AT 528 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS JEFFERSON AND  

  SHELBY COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VANDIVER...

  SYLVAN SPRINGS...PINSON...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MORRIS...

  LEEDS...LAKE PURDY...KIMBERLY...INVERNESS...HOOVER METROPOLITAN

  STADIUM...HOMEWOOD...GRAYSVILLE...CHELSEA...CAHABA HEIGHTS AND

  BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO POSSIBLY TWO INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH 930 AM CST.  

WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY 

NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS 

JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES THIS MORNING.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

DIMINISH BY 10 AM CST IN AND AROUND THE BIRMINGHAM AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.  MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 

FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3347 8725 3309 8692 3308 8657 3347 8638

      3354 8656 3375 8660 3383 8689



$$



MBS/91

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