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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

223 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER HOMEWOOD AND    

  VESTAVIA HILLS.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES

  HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE 115 PM CDT.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE     

  TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM THROUGH 

  330 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  HOMEWOOD...VESTAVIA HILLS...AND CAHABA HEIGHTS.  SHADES AND 

  PATTON CREEKS WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES AND MAY APPROACH 

  BANKFULL...WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



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 3357 8678 3346 8669 3343 8673 3343 8673

      3343 8675 3338 8679 3338 8682 3336 8684

      3344 8694



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