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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

528 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 526 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY   

RAIN OVER GARDENDALE AND MORRIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. 

RADAR ESTIMATES OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW 

HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM. 

THE GARDENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS MANY ROADS FLOODED IN THE 

AREA.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM 

DRAINS...DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING 

WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WHEN HEAVY 

RAINS OCCUR. KEEP IN MIND THAT...THIS DEEP...FAST MOVING WATER WILL 

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAINS HAVE STOPPED.



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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