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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

428 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VESTAVIA                             

  HILLS...TRUSSVILLE...TARRANT...MIDFIELD...HOOVER...                

  HOMEWOOD...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...FORESTDALE...FAIRFIELD...     

  BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER...ADAMSVILLE



* UNTIL 600 PM CST



* AT 423 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE 

  COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRAFFORD...

  SYLVAN SPRINGS...MORRIS...MAYTOWN...KIMBERLY...GRAYSVILLE...

  BROOKSIDE...PINSON AND BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT)

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3350 8726 3353 8727 3356 8719 3359 8720

      3367 8706 3377 8701 3384 8689 3384 8676

      3376 8665 3376 8655 3367 8653 3357 8656

      3353 8653 3347 8662 3348 8667 3326 8699

      3331 8716 3348 8734



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