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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

300 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXTENDED THE





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VILLAGE CREEK IN JEFFERSON COUNTY





* UNTIL 9 PM CDT



* AT 255 PM HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING OVER THE VILLAGE 

CREEK BASIN AND THIS IS CAUSING THE CREEK TO RISE MORE THAN

ORIGINALLY EXPECTED.  AS A RESULT FLOODING ALONG VILLAGE

CREEK WILL BE GREATER THAN FIRST EXPECTED...AND WILL CONTINUE

INTO EARLY TONIGHT.



FOR VILLAGE CREEK AT AVENUE W... 

   MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. 

 

LATEST STAGE...WAS 11.8 FEET AT 240 PM. 

FLOOD STAGE...IS 10 FEET. 

 

THE FORECAST...FOR VILLAGE CREEK AT AVENUE W...

THE CREEK IS CURRENTLY IN FLOOD.

IT WILL CREST AT 13 TO 14 FEET BY AROUND 6PM.

IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 9 PM TONIGHT.



* TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY

BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 



YOU CAN REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BYCALLING 

1-800-856-0758.



LAT...LON 3348 8729 3329 8704 3358 8659 3383 8678



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