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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1015 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* THE FLOODING POTENTIAL REMAINS HIGHEST BETWEEN INTERSTATE 59 AND 

INTERSTATE 65...INCLUDING BIRMINGHAM...TARRANT...PINSON...KETONA... 

AND CENTERPOINT. AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATES MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS PUSHED EAST AND OUT OF 

JEFFERSON COUNTY. BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN 

WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...GENERALLY FROM NORTH JOHNS TO WEST 

JEFFFERSON. THESE STORMS WILL PUSH EASTWARD AND EFFECT THE FLOODED 

AREAS BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH COULD 

OCCUR. MANY LOCAL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND ROADWAYS REMAIN FLOODED. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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