ULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
553 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…PELHAM…MEADOWBROOK…HELENA…
ALABASTER…
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 551 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
WAS BEGINNING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER IN THE ALABASTER AND PELHAM
AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CALERA…ALABASTER AND PELHAM.
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.
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.
