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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

540 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS OF...TRUSSVILLE...MINOR...HUEYTOWN...

  HOOVER...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER



* UNTIL 900 PM CST



* AT 535 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG    

  AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 59.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  BIRMINGHAM...PINSON...BESSEMER...HOMEWOOD...ENSLEY...HOOVER...

  MOUNTAIN BROOK...LEEDS...AND BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATED 1 TO 2.5 INCHES 

OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE 1 PM CST ALONG INTERSTATE 59... 

INCLUDING BESSEMER...ENSLEY...BIRMINGHAM...AND HOMEWOOD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 9 PM CST BEFORE THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS.



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.



VILLAGE CREEK MAY APPROACH BANKFULL IN SOME LOCATIONS NEAR 

DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM.  PATTON CREEK AS WELL AS OTHER SMALL CREEKS 

WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES AND FLASH FLOODING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR 

BY AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3347 8730 3325 8703 3354 8653 3379 8656



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