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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

620 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...HELENA...COLUMBIANA...

  ALABASTER



* UNTIL 830 AM CST



* AT 620 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHELBY 

  COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN    

  HAS FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY SINCE 4 AM CST.



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

  WILSONVILLE...VINCENT...VANDIVER...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...

  HARPERSVILLE AND CHELSEA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.  THIS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.  

PONDING OF WATER IN DITCHES...LOW LYING AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS 

ARE LIKELY ACROSS SHELBY COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING.



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.



LAT...LON 3324 8695 3311 8688 3313 8653 3338 8641

      3348 8653



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KBMX 241220

FFWBMX

ALC117-241430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

620 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...HELENA...COLUMBIANA...

  ALABASTER



* UNTIL 830 AM CST



* AT 620 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHELBY 

  COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN    

  HAS FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY SINCE 4 AM CST.



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

  WILSONVILLE...VINCENT...VANDIVER...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...

  HARPERSVILLE AND CHELSEA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.  THIS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.  

PONDING OF WATER IN DITCHES...LOW LYING AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS 

ARE LIKELY ACROSS SHELBY COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING.



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.



LAT...LON 3324 8695 3311 8688 3313 8653 3338 8641

      3348 8653



$$

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