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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

257 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOOVER

  WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

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



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER         

  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTH SHELBY COUNTIES PRODUCING HEAVY       

  RAINFALL AROUND  THE HOOVER...RIVERCHASE...CAHABA RIVER...ALONG    

  AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND NORTHERN PELHAM. 



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

  PURDY...INVERNESS AND CAHABA HEIGHTS.



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 3341 8655 3348 8673 3329 8704 3311 8675



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