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Thursday, December 09, 2004

ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Warning

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
WGUS54 KBMX 091338
FFWBMX
ALC073-117-091530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
737 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TRUSSVILLE...MINOR...HUEYTOWN...
HOOVER...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...HELENA...COLUMBIANA...
ALABASTER

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 733 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAYSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11
MILES NORTH OF MINOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SYLVAN SPRINGS...PINSON...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MORRIS...LAKE
PURDY...KIMBERLY...INVERNESS...HOOVER METROPOLITAN STADIUM...
HOMEWOOD...HARPERSVILLE...CHELSEA...CAHABA HEIGHTS AND BIRMINGHAM
AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL THIS MORNING, ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.

LAT...LON 3380 8685 3348 8722 3313 8685 3311 8671
3313 8658 3337 8640 3345 8656 3374 8660

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