Flash Flood Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1050 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BESSEMER…

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1044 PM CDT…THE PUBLIC REPORTED NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN
ONE TO TWO HOURS FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH JOHNS
AND ALABAMA ADVENTURE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…VALLEY
CREEK…SHADES CREEK…FIVE MILE CREEK…CAHABA RIVER.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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

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