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Saturday, August 13, 2005

ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Warning

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
WGUS54 KBMX 132216
FFWBMX
ALC125-140015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
514 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR TUSCALOOSA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAMANTHA...
NORTHPORT...KELLERMAN...HOLT...TUSCALOOSA...FOSTERS AND BROOKWOOD.

ISOLATED SPOTS HAVE RECEIVED TWO INCHES OF RAIN AND AN ADDITIONAL
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS
AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG
THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLOODING.

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 3348 8742 3347 8778 3300 8775 3302 8735
3323 8715

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