BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
823 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2009
…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA…
CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS AFFECTING BIBB…JEFFERSON AND
SHELBY COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS COUPLED WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL EXPECTED LATER TODAY WILL PRODUCE RISES ON THE CAHABA
RIVER…AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE CAHABA
RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN.
ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SUNDAY MORNING…OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
