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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1209 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009



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JEFFERSON AL-

1209 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR

JEFFERSON COUNTY...



AT 1206 PM CDT...THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL IS NOW EXITING THE 

COUNTY.  HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF 

RAIN WILL FALL BY 1 PM.  WITH FLOODING REPORTING DOWNTOWN 

BIRMINGHAM...THE FLOODING WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST

JEFFERSON...WARRIOR...TRUSSVILLE...TRAFFORD...PINSON...MULGA...

MORRIS...MAYTOWN...LEEDS...KIMBERLY...KETONA LAKES...GRAYSVILLE...

GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...FORESTDALE...TARRANT...CLAY...CENTER

POINT...CARDIFF...BROOKSIDE...BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT...ALTON AND

ADAMSVILLE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT SUNDAY

AFTERNOON FOR ALABAMA.



&&



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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