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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

146 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 146 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY MOVING EAST AROUND 

30 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED 

OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE AREA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL ROADS ARE STILL 

CLOSED AND MANY AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS REMIAN HIGH.



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 3396 8622 3380 8606 3375 8616 3370 8615

          3369 8621 3365 8618 3363 8621 3360 8621

          3358 8623 3357 8621 3351 8625 3352 8631

          3347 8633 3375 8653



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