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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

110 PM CST MON FEB 06 2006 



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VILLAGE CREEK IN JEFFERSON COUNTY



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 105 PM RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER THE VILLAGE CREEK BASIN AND

WAS PRODUCING RISES ON THE CREEK... AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS 

IN EFFECT. 





* FOR VILLAGE CREEK AT AVENUE W... 

   MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 

 

  LATEST STAGE...WAS 9.4 FEET AT 12 PM MONDAY. 

  FLOOD STAGE...IS 10 FEET. 

 

  THE FORECAST...FOR VILLAGE CREEK AT AVENUE W...

  THE CREEK WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 115 PM MONDAY.

  IT WILL CREST 10.5 TO 11 FEET BY 230 PM MONDAY.

  IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 330 PM MONDAY. 





TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE  TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY 

MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN 

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGH GROUND.







YOU CAN REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BYCALLING 

1-800-856-0758.







LAT...LON 3348 8729 3329 8704 3358 8659 3383 8678



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