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WGUS74 KBMX 212143

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

440 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2005



ALC073-117-220015-

SHELBY AL-JEFFERSON AL-

440 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL 

JEFFERSON AND ALL OF SHELBY COUNTY...



AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING THE BIRMINGHAM 

METROPOLITAN AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE 

PURDY...INVERNESS...HOMEWOOD...CAHABA HEIGHTS...HOMEWOOD... 

ALABASTER...HELENA...MONTEVALLO...AND CHELSEA.



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. FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON 

PATTON CREEK IN VESTAVIA AND SOME ROAD FLLODING OF HIGHWAY 280 IN 

CHELSEA.



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.



IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING...THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF 

PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 

SOME TREES HAVE FALL OVER DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS.



LAT...LON 3358 8668 3358 8701 3308 8691 3307 8654

      3331 8651



$$



LINHARES

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000 

WGUS74 KBMX 212143

FFSBMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

440 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2005



ALC073-117-220015-

SHELBY AL-JEFFERSON AL-

440 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL 

JEFFERSON AND ALL OF SHELBY COUNTY...



AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING THE BIRMINGHAM 

METROPOLITAN AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE 

PURDY...INVERNESS...HOMEWOOD...CAHABA HEIGHTS...HOMEWOOD... 

ALABASTER...HELENA...MONTEVALLO...AND CHELSEA.



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. FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON 

PATTON CREEK IN VESTAVIA AND SOME ROAD FLLODING OF HIGHWAY 280 IN 

CHELSEA.



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.



IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING...THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF 

PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 

SOME TREES HAVE FALL OVER DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS.



LAT...LON 3358 8668 3358 8701 3308 8691 3307 8654

      3331 8651



$$



LINHARES

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