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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1221 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008



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...

  MOUNTAIN BROOK...LEEDS...IRONDALE...HUEYTOWN...HOOVER...HOMEWOOD...

  GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...FAIRFIELD...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

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

  WILSONVILLE...COLUMBIANA...CHELSEA...CALERA...ALABASTER...

  NORTHWESTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 1216 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING IN SEVERAL LOACTIONS ACROSS SHELBY AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.



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

JEFFERSON...WARRIOR...VILLAGE CREEK AVENUE W...VANDIVER...U.A.B.   

CAMPUS...TRAFFORD...SYLVAN SPRINGS...SAMFORD UNIVERSITY...PINSON...  

MULGA...MORRIS...MINOR...MAYTOWN...LEGION FIELD...KINGSTON...  

KIMBERLY...KETONA LAKES...HOMEWOOD...GRAYSVILLE...FORESTDALE...  

ENSLEY...TARRANT...CLAY...CENTER POINT...CARDIFF...BROOKSIDE...  

B.J.C.C....BIRMINGHAM FAIRGOUNDS...BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT...BARBER   

MOTORSPORTS PARK...ALTON AND ADAMSVILLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA AS RAINFALL BANDS ASSOCAITED WITH THE REMNANTS OF FAY 

MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.



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.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3350 8725 3362 8717 3367 8706 3377 8701

      3384 8689 3377 8655 3356 8655 3350 8638

      3338 8635 3330 8637 3319 8650 3312 8649

      3311 8635 3303 8656 3308 8663 3306 8689

      3318 8702 3328 8706 3331 8715 3348 8734



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