BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
459 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VESTAVIA HILLS…MOUNTAIN BROOK…
IRONDALE…HUEYTOWN…HOOVER…GARDENDALE…FULTONDALE…
FAIRFIELD…BIRMINGHAM…BESSEMER…HOMEWOOD…
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…PELHAM…HELENA…CHELSEA…
ALABASTER…
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 459 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VILLAGE
CREEK AVENUE W…U.A.B. CAMPUS…SAMFORD UNIVERSITY…MINOR…
MIDFIELD…MADISON…LEGION FIELD…KINGSTON…KETONA LAKES…
GREYSTONE…FORESTDALE…ENSLEY…TARRANT…CENTER POINT…CAHABA
HEIGHTS…BRIGHTON…BON AIR…B.J.C.C….BIRMINGHAM FAIRGOUNDS…
BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT AND HOMEWOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED 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.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
