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000 

WGUS54 KBMX 060750

FFWBHM

ALC009-061045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

148 AM CST THU MAR 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 445 AM CST



* AT 145 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BLOUNT COUNTY.  SOME FLOODING 

WAS REPORTED EARLIER AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR.  SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS WERE ALREADY AT BANKFULL 

AND ROADS HAD STANDING WATER ON THEM.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT FLOODING CONDITIONS.



LAT...LON 3397 8676 3383 8660 3403 8632 3423 8642



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KBMX 060750

FFWBHM

ALC009-061045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

148 AM CST THU MAR 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 445 AM CST



* AT 145 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BLOUNT COUNTY.  SOME FLOODING 

WAS REPORTED EARLIER AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR.  SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS WERE ALREADY AT BANKFULL 

AND ROADS HAD STANDING WATER ON THEM.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT FLOODING CONDITIONS.



LAT...LON 3397 8676 3383 8660 3403 8632 3423 8642



$$

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