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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

411 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

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

  FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING   

  HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM AND TRUSSVILLE.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

  RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE 315 PM CDT ROUGHLY ALONG 

  INTERSTATE 59 FROM DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM TO TRUSSVILLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN   

  BIRMINGHAM...FULTONDALE...PINSON...TARRANT CITY...IRONDALE...      

  HOMEWOOD...VESTAVIA HILLS...CAHABA HEIGHTS...AND HOOVER.  

  THE VILLAGE CREEK...PATTON CREEK...AND FIVE MILE CREEK BASINS

  WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY ALONG AND 

EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 59 THROUGH 530 PM CDT.



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.



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 3367 8653 3361 8656 3357 8656 3356 8653

      3353 8653 3352 8657 3347 8662 3348 8667

      3338 8679 3338 8682 3367 8685 3372 8654



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