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000 

WGUS54 KBMX 061003

FFWBHM

ALC073-061400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

403 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 800 AM CST



* AT 403 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND THE 

PUBLIC REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING 

AREAS...AND ROADWAYS ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND AND 

JUST NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM.



THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE LAST EVENING 

ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED SPOTS HAVE RECEIVED 

MORE THAN SIX INCHES.  MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVE OUT OF THE 

AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH THIS MORNING WILL ONLY 

AGGRAVATE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3344 8717 3331 8701 3356 8668 3372 8687



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KBMX 061003

FFWBHM

ALC073-061400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

403 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA



* UNTIL 800 AM CST



* AT 403 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND THE 

PUBLIC REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING 

AREAS...AND ROADWAYS ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND AND 

JUST NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM.



THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE LAST EVENING 

ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED SPOTS HAVE RECEIVED 

MORE THAN SIX INCHES.  MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVE OUT OF THE 

AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH THIS MORNING WILL ONLY 

AGGRAVATE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3344 8717 3331 8701 3356 8668 3372 8687



$$

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