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WGUS74 KBMX 060108
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
808 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

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JEFFERSON AL-
808 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL
930 PM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 803 PM CDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS 
OCCURRING IN MUCH OF JEFFERSON COUNTY WITH MANY ROADS CLOSED AND 
STREAMS STILL OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...BESSEMER...BIRMINGHAM...FAIRFIELD...FULTONDALE...
GARDENDALE...HUEYTOWN...PINSON...TRUSSVILLE...VESTAVIA 
HILLS...BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT...BRIGHTON...BROOKSIDE...CARDIFF...CENTER 
POINT...CLAY AND ENSLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOODING IS OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS...STREETS
AND HIGHWAYS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE UNTIL WEATHER AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IMPROVE
LATER. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3384 8676 3376 8665 3376 8654 3356 8655
      3352 8652 3347 8661 3347 8667 3325 8699
      3325 8706 3328 8707 3346 8733 3349 8733
      3348 8729 3353 8727 3352 8725 3355 8719
      3362 8717 3366 8706 3377 8703 3382 8695

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