Flash Flood Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1252 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…TRUSSVILLE…GARDENDALE…
FULTONDALE…BIRMINGHAM…

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 1240 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF TARRANT…AND SMALL
STREAMS COULD OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS…SPECIFICALLY FIVE MILE CREEK.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINSON…
KETONA LAKES…TARRANT…CLAY AND CENTER POINT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

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.

Category: Uncategorized