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WGUS54 KBMX 302001

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ALC073-302300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

258 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 254 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...FROM BROOKSIDE...TO 

TRUSSVILLE.  RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER NORTHERN JEFFERSON 

COUNTY...AND SPOTTERS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN GARDENDALE.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.

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