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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1145 PM CDT THU SEP 17 2009
…SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
BETWEEN THREE AND SEVEN INCHES (DOPPLER ESTIMATED) OF RAIN FELL
ACROSS PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON, SHELBY, BLOUNT, ST.CLAIR, CALHOUN AND
ETOWAH COUNTIES BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM. THIS RAINFALL RESULTED IN
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.
FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS INCLUDING:
6 MILES SE MARKTON, CALHOUN COUNTY AT 535 PM
1 MILE W ALABASTER,SHELBY COUNTY AT 700 PM
3 MILES NW ALABASTER,SHELBY COUNTY AT 715 PM
6 MILES N BESSEMER, JEFFERSON COUNTY/725 PM
1 MILE NE VILLAGE CREEK, JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 725 PM
VILLAGE CREEK AT 24TH STREET, JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 740 PM
2800 BLOCK NORWOOD BLVD., JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 740 PM
BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 745 PM
MAIN STREET IN MARGARET, ST. CLAIR COUNTY AT 817 PM
FOREMAN AVE IN ODENVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY AT 820 PM
COUNTY ROAD 52 AT CR 17, SHELBY COUNTY AT 845 PM
MAIN STREET, ARGO, ST. CLAIR COUNTY AT 920 PM
IT IS LIKELY THAT OTHER LOCATIONS RECIEVED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AS
WELL…MORE DETAILS WILL LIKELY ARISE AFTER SUNRISE.
AS A RESULT OF THIS FLOODING, MULTIPLE (ESTIMATED BETWEEN 5 AND 10)
WATER RESCUES WERE REQUIRED, MOSTLY FROM PEOPLE TRAPPED IN VEHICLES.
SEVERAL HOMES WERE FLOODED. DOZENS OF STREETS WERE FLOODED. BETWEEN
15 AND 25 VEHICLES WERE FLOODED AND SEVERAL BUSINESSES WERE FLOODED.
THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS WERE ISSUED:
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR CALHOUN AND ETOWAH COUNTIES AT
514 PM TROUGH 815 PM.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 637 PM THROUGH
930 PM.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR SHELBY COUNTY AT 651 PM THROUGH
945 PM.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR JEFFERSON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES
AT 806 PM THROUGH 11 PM
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR JEFFERSON, SHELBY AND ST.
CLAIR COUNTIES AT 926 PM THROUGH 1230 AM
IN ADDITION TO THE WARNINGS ISSUED, THREE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOOD ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED. THE FIRST WAS ISSUED AT 459 PM
(THROUGH 800 PM) FOR CALHOUN AND ETOWAH COUNTIES, THE SECOND, FOR
BLOUNT AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES WAS ISSUED AT 619 PM (THROUGH 915
PM) AND THE THIRD FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING
WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR MULTIMEDIA IMPACT BRIEFING PUBLISHED AT 730
AM, AND SIX GRAPHICASTS WERE ISSUED HIGHLIGHTING FLASH FLOODING OR
HEAVY RAINFALL.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS, MEDIA PARTNERS, STORM
SPOTTERS AND CICTZEND WHO CALLED IN STORM REPORTS. A MAJOR
CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER WARNING PROGRAM IS
THE RECEIPT OF STORM REPORTS FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS
ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. IF YOU WITNESSED OR ARE AWARE OF ANY STORM
DAMAGE DUE TO FLOODING…PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICE…OR CALL OUR STORM REPORTING HOTLINE AT
1-800-856-0758.
12/SIRMON
