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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

725 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 725 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY   

RAIN ALONG INTERSTATE 65 STRETCHING THE LENGTH OF THE 

COUNTY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THREE 

TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM NEAR BIRMINGHAM...TO TARRANT...TO 

GARDENDALE IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE AREAS NORTH AND EAST 

OF BIRMINGHAM ARE AT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN GARDENDALE WITH SEVERAL ROADS 

IMPASSABLE. FIVE MILE CREEK IS FLOODED IN AND NEAR HUFFMAN. SEVERAL 

RESCUES ARE IN PROGRESS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE 

THREATENING SITUATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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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