ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KBMX 011128
FFWBMX
ALC073-117-011530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
528 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 528 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS JEFFERSON AND
SHELBY COUNTIES.

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

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO POSSIBLY TWO INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH 930 AM CST.
WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS
JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES THIS MORNING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH BY 10 AM CST IN AND AROUND THE BIRMINGHAM 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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A
FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER
MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3347 8725 3309 8692 3308 8657 3347 8638
3354 8656 3375 8660 3383 8689

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