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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
739 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.
* AT 739 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOUTHWESTERN BIRMINGHAM, HOOVER, VESTAVIA HILLS, BESSEMER,
HOMEWOOD, PELHAM, MOUNTAIN BROOK, HUEYTOWN, FAIRFIELD, CHELSEA,
CHILDERSBURG, WILSONVILLE, PLEASANT GROVE, MIDFIELD, BRIGHTON,
INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE, LIPSCOMB, HARPERSVILLE, WESTOVER AND
MEADOWBROOK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3348 8671 3340 8660 3333 8637 3332 8637
3330 8636 3328 8639 3327 8640 3328 8642
3328 8643 3326 8643 3324 8644 3324 8646
3323 8647 3322 8646 3340 8705 3349 8696
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
25/OWEN
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