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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

652 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 652 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER CENTER POINT...TO GARDENDALE...TO ARKADELPHIA ROAD AREA.

  THESE SHOWERS ARE SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTHWARD. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED

  A MUD SLIDE ACROSS ARKADELPHIA ROAD IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...MAKING ROAD

  IMPASSABLE.  



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.



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

$$

JBW

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