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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
228 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 224 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED AN AREA OF
HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA
DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES
IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
BIRMINGHAM…BLOUNTSVILLE…FULTONDALE…GARDENDALE…
HOMEWOOD…IRONDALE…LEEDS…MOUNTAIN BROOK…ONEONTA…
TRUSSVILLE…VESTAVIA HILLS… AND BLOUNT SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT…LON 3410 8630 3394 8637 3394 8633 3389 8634
3382 8643 3380 8658 3372 8652 3356 8655
3352 8652 3347 8667 3338 8678 3378 8699
3380 8696 3386 8697 3392 8692 3397 8678
3408 8671 3413 8661 3425 8653 3427 8646
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