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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

158 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MINOR...HUEYTOWN...GARDENDALE...

  FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER



* UNTIL 400 PM CST



* AT 153 PM CST...OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL

  REPORTED STREAMS AND CREEKS NEAR BANK FULL AND FILLING RAPIDLY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  SYLVAN SPRINGS...MORRIS...HOMEWOOD...GRAYSVILLE AND BIRMINGHAM

  AIRPORT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BIRMINGHAM.



LAT...LON 3352 8728 3328 8706 3356 8659 3377 8680



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