BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
149 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EAST CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…DADEVILLE…CAMP HILL…
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 135 PM CDT…ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD TEMPORARILY
SUBSIDED IN THE WARNED AREA…WATER LEVELS REMAINED HIGH AND SEVERAL
ROADS WERE STILL IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER FLOWING OVER THEM. ANOTHER
LARGE RAIN AREA WAS POISED TO MOVE BACK INTO THE SAME AREA BEFORE 4
PM….WHICH COULD CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS.
* THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN IS AROUND THE CAMP HILL AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
