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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

553 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...MEADOWBROOK...HELENA...

  ALABASTER...



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 551 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  WAS BEGINNING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER IN THE ALABASTER AND PELHAM 

  AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  CALERA...ALABASTER AND PELHAM.



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...

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3311 8689 3311 8668 3341 8670 3332 8690



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