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ALC073-130430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1107 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 115 

AM...



AT 1107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN JEFFERSON 

COUNTY...AND AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR NORTH JOHNS...TO NEAR 

SYLVAN SPRINGS. THE RAIN AREAS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 

MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE EAST 

OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH ISOLATED ONE TO TWO INCH AMOUNTS IN WESTERN 

PARTS OF THE COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES FROM ONE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 

INTERSTATE 65 AND INTERSTATE 59 SINCE THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING 

BIRMINGHAM...TARRANT...PINSON...CENTER POINT...HUFFMAN...AND 

ROEBUCK. MANY AREA STREAMS...CREEKS...AND ROADS 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.

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