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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

216 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

  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...



* UNTIL 515 PM CST



* AT 214 PM CST...WATER WAS RISING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. MANY     

  LOCATIONS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING DITCHES...STREAMS...AND RIVER   

  TRIBUTARIES AT BANKFULL. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL 

  CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 

  IF YOU LIVE NEAR ANY KNOWN PROBLEMATIC DRAINAGE ZONES...OR ANY     

  CREEKS OR STREAMS...TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW DUE TO RISING WATER.



* 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...

  OAK GROVE...MULGA...MOUNT LAUREL...MORRIS...MINOR...MIDFIELD...

  MEADOWBROOK...MAYTOWN...LIPSCOMB...LEGION FIELD...LAKE PURDY...

  KINGSTON...KIMBERLY...KETONA LAKES...HOMEWOOD...GREYSTONE...

  GRAYSVILLE...FOWLER LAKE...FORESTDALE...ENSLEY...TARRANT...CENTER

  POINT...CARDIFF...CAHABA HEIGHTS...BROOKSIDE...BRIGHTON...

  MADISON...BON AIR...BLUFF PARK...B.J.C.C....BIRMINGHAM

  FAIRGOUNDS...BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT...BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK...ALTON

  AND ADAMSVILLE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3367 8705 3380 8698 3384 8689 3383 8674

      3336 8636 3319 8650 3314 8647 3304 8652

      3309 8666 3307 8688 3304 8689 3303 8731

      3310 8732 3314 8720 3324 8716 3323 8708

      3328 8706 3331 8715 3348 8734



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