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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

330 AM CDT SUN SEP 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  SHELBY COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN ALABAMA

  TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 330 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE BIRMINGHAM AREA...TO 

PELL CITY...TO VINCENT...TO TALLADEGA.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

NEARLY STATIONARY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

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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