BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1221 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
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…
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…PELHAM…MONTEVALLO…HELENA…
WILSONVILLE…COLUMBIANA…CHELSEA…CALERA…ALABASTER…
NORTHWESTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 1216 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING IN SEVERAL LOACTIONS ACROSS SHELBY AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
JEFFERSON…WARRIOR…VILLAGE CREEK AVENUE W…VANDIVER…U.A.B.
CAMPUS…TRAFFORD…SYLVAN SPRINGS…SAMFORD UNIVERSITY…PINSON…
MULGA…MORRIS…MINOR…MAYTOWN…LEGION FIELD…KINGSTON…
KIMBERLY…KETONA LAKES…HOMEWOOD…GRAYSVILLE…FORESTDALE…
ENSLEY…TARRANT…CLAY…CENTER POINT…CARDIFF…BROOKSIDE…
B.J.C.C….BIRMINGHAM FAIRGOUNDS…BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT…BARBER
MOTORSPORTS PARK…ALTON AND ADAMSVILLE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AS RAINFALL BANDS ASSOCAITED WITH THE REMNANTS OF FAY
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
