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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

652 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TRUSSVILLE...GARDENDALE...

  FULTONDALE...ROEBUCK.

  WEST CENTRAL ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOODY



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 650 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN THE ROEBUCK...

  TRUSSVILLE...AND MOODY AREAS.  MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THESE

  AREAS AND CREEKS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY

  RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE

  TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE WARNED 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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3373 8687 3348 8679 3357 8654 3355 8645

      3350 8634 3376 8636



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