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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1121 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009



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...



* UNTIL 115 PM CDT



* AT 1119 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN ONE AND 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY AND AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO THREE INCHES IS LIKELY BY 1230 PM.



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

  JEFFERSON...WARRIOR...TRAFFORD...PINSON...MULGA...MORRIS...

  MAYTOWN...KIMBERLY...KETONA LAKES...GRAYSVILLE...FORESTDALE...

  TARRANT...CLAY...CENTER POINT...CARDIFF...BROOKSIDE...BIRMINGHAM

  AIRPORT...ALTON AND ADAMSVILLE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



&&



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...

CALL 1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3376 8666 3376 8655 3372 8653 3356 8655

      3353 8652 3347 8662 3347 8668 3325 8698

      3325 8705 3329 8706 3331 8715 3337 8723

      3340 8722 3347 8734 3355 8719 3360 8719

      3363 8709 3379 8700 3384 8688 3384 8676



$$

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