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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
517 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CST.
* AT 517 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIRMINGHAM, HOOVER, VESTAVIA HILLS, BESSEMER, HOMEWOOD, PELHAM,
MOUNTAIN BROOK, TRUSSVILLE, HELENA, HUEYTOWN, IRONDALE, LEEDS,
FAIRFIELD, FULTONDALE, CENTER POINT, PLEASANT GROVE, TARRANT,
MIDFIELD, BRIGHTON AND LIPSCOMB.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
FIVEMILE CREEK, ROCK CREEK, VALLEY CREEK, LICK CREEK, MILL CREEK,
NABORS BRANCH, SHEPHARD BRANCH, LITTLE CAHABA RIVER, BOB GEORGE
BRANCH, OPOSSUM CREEK, BLACK CREEK, CAMP BRANCH, GRIFFIN BROOK,
LITTLE SHADES CREEK, ABEG CREEK, LOST CREEK, DOLLY BROOK, BURNT
BRIDGE BRANCH, CLEAR BRANCH, BLUE CREEK, SHADES CREEK, HURRICANE
BRANCH, PINCHGUT CREEK, WATKINS BROOK, DRY CREEK, TARRANT SPRING
BRANCH, COAL BRANCH, STINKING CREEK, LITTLE CREEK, HOGPEN BRANCH,
PATTON CREEK, VILLAGE CREEK, CAHABA RIVER, HALLS CREEK AND BARTON
BRANCH.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3332 8710 3344 8706 3357 8688 3362 8672
3360 8660 3351 8658 3347 8663 3347 8667
3345 8667 3345 8669 3342 8672 3342 8675
3337 8678 3336 8683 3333 8683 3333 8688
3330 8693 3328 8693 3325 8698 3326 8701
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
86/MARTIN
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