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WGUS74 KBMX 221010

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ALC073-115-117-121-221230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

505 AM CDT SUN SEP 22 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SHELBY...TALLADEGA...

JEFFERSON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT.



AT 505 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SOME 

OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA... 

ACROSS MUCH OF SHELBY SOUNTY...AND OVER SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY.  

RADARS ESTIMATE THAT FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER 

PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 

INCHES...OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH 7 AM.  IN THE 

BIRMINGHAM AREA SOME STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND WATER HAS BEEN 

REPORTED IN SOME HOUSES. 



MOST FLASH FLOODING DEATHS ARE AUTOMOBILE RELATED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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