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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

309 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005



ALC073-117-072200-

SHELBY AL-JEFFERSON AL-

314 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL

JEFFERSON AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...



AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN 

JEFFERSON AND NORTH SHELBY COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT ONE 

TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE AREA. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN COULD STILL FALL THROUGH 5 PM CDT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK MOUNTAIN

STATE PARK...LAKE PURDY...INVERNESS...HOOVER METROPOLITAN 

STADIUM...HOOVER...HOMEWOOD...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.



LAT...LON 3341 8655 3352 8676 3333 8704 3311 8675



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