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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

530 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 530 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF JEFFERSON COUNTY...MOVING 

EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE 

BEEN COMMON THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY SINCE EARLY 

AFTERNOON.  FIVE MILE CREEK IS REPORTED TO BE OUT OF THE ITS BANKS 

IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS...AND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAVE 

BEEN RECEIVED IN THE PINSON AND CENTERPOINT AREAS.  



ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS MOST 

OF JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH EXPECTED.  THIS WILL AGGRAVATE AND 

PROLONG THE STREET FLOODING PROBLEM ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTY.     



MOST FLASH FLOODING DEATHS ARE AUTOMOBILE RELATED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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