Now We Worry About Flooding

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
544 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
EASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…JEMISON…CLANTON…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VESTAVIA HILLS…TRUSSVILLE…
MOUNTAIN BROOK…LEEDS…IRONDALE…HUEYTOWN…HOOVER…
GARDENDALE…FULTONDALE…FAIRFIELD…BIRMINGHAM…BESSEMER…
HOMEWOOD…
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WILSONVILLE…PELHAM…MONTEVALLO…
HELENA…COLUMBIANA…CHELSEA…CALERA…ALABASTER…

* UNTIL 845 AM CST

* AT 538 AM CST…A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
PRODUCING BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN
AN HOUR. DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS…ALL
RAINFALL WILL BECOME RUNOFF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

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