ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KBMX 292111
FFWBMX
ALC073-300000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
411 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TRUSSVILLE...GARDENDALE...
FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM AND TRUSSVILLE.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE 315 PM CDT ROUGHLY ALONG
INTERSTATE 59 FROM DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM TO TRUSSVILLE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN
BIRMINGHAM...FULTONDALE...PINSON...TARRANT CITY...IRONDALE...
HOMEWOOD...VESTAVIA HILLS...CAHABA HEIGHTS...AND HOOVER.
THE VILLAGE CREEK...PATTON CREEK...AND FIVE MILE CREEK BASINS
WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY ALONG AND
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 59 THROUGH 530 PM CDT.

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.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

LAT...LON 3367 8653 3361 8656 3357 8656 3356 8653
3353 8653 3352 8657 3347 8662 3348 8667
3338 8679 3338 8682 3367 8685 3372 8654

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