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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

757 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING STILL IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON AND BLOUNT

COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON AND BLOUNT

COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM. AS OF 757 PM...JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA

OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT ONE HALF LANE OF ARKADELPHIA ROAD IN

NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY STILL REMAINED CLOSED DO TO A MUDSLIDE

REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THIS AREA...

WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH AN

HOUR PRESENTLY...AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH

THE WARNING PERIOD. SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW BETWEEN

3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN IN THESE AREAS OVER THE PAST

FEW HOURS.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY...ANY

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WITH SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...

AND SOME LOCATIONS REPORTING STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS...COULD

CASE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN JEFFERSON AND BLOUNT COUNTIES.

THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL STILL CONTINUE THROUGH 845 PM.



EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON AREA ROADWAYS. DO NOT CROSS ROADS

THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER. IF POSSIBLE...USE HIGHER TERRAIN ROUTES

TO REACH DESIRED DESTINATIONS.



PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND

NEWS MEDIA TO GET ACCESS TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS FLOODING EVENT.

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JBW

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