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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

737 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

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

  HOOVER...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

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

  ALABASTER



* UNTIL 930 AM CST



* AT 733 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAYSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11

  MILES NORTH OF MINOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.



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

  SYLVAN SPRINGS...PINSON...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MORRIS...LAKE

  PURDY...KIMBERLY...INVERNESS...HOOVER METROPOLITAN STADIUM...

  HOMEWOOD...HARPERSVILLE...CHELSEA...CAHABA HEIGHTS AND BIRMINGHAM

  AIRPORT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.  IF YOU MUST 

TRAVEL THIS MORNING, ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR 

DESTINATION.



LAT...LON 3380 8685 3348 8722 3313 8685 3311 8671

      3313 8658 3337 8640 3345 8656 3374 8660



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