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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
509 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2026
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JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-
509 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, JEFFERSON AND SHELBY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 509 PM CDT, HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED, BUT MULTIPLE CREEKS
AND STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS, INCLUDING VILLAGE
CREEK AND SHADES CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIRMINGHAM, HOOVER, VESTAVIA HILLS, BESSEMER, HOMEWOOD,
MOUNTAIN BROOK, HUEYTOWN, GARDENDALE, IRONDALE, FAIRFIELD,
FULTONDALE, PLEASANT GROVE, TARRANT, MIDFIELD, BRIGHTON,
INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE, LIPSCOMB, SAMFORD UNIVERSITY, FIVE
POINTS SOUTH AND U.A.B. CAMPUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3336 8686 3330 8696 3331 8700 3341 8692
3344 8700 3364 8680 3350 8656 3349 8651
3335 8670 3336 8682
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