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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

638 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF BIRMINGHAM



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.

  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



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

  HEIGHTS...HOMEWOOD...VESTAVIA HILLS...DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM...AND    

  BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED 

AREA...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND WEST HIGHWAY 280 SOUTH OF 

DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM THROUGH 8 PM CDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 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 8680 3363 8665 3357 8664 3356 8663

      3349 8663 3347 8666 3348 8667 3344 8671

      3338 8682



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