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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

441 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005



ALC073-300000-

JEFFERSON AL-

441 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR EASTERN

JEFFERSON COUNTY...



AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINSON AND

GARDENDALE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE 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.



FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY JEFFERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON 

THE SOUTH SIDE OF BIRIMINGHAM.  LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND THE VILLAGE 

CREEK AND PINCHGUT CREEK BASINS CAN EXPECT CONTINUED RUNOFF TO CAUSE 

FLOOD WATERS TO RISE.  



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 FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BIRMINGHAM.



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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