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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
933 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Jefferson County in central Alabama...
  East Central Walker County in central Alabama...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 933 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  slow moving showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain across 
  the warned area. Rainfall amounts of 2 to locally 3 inches have 
  already fallen across portions of the warned area. Additional 
  heavy rainfall this evening will produce flash flooding, 
  especially in metro Birmingham.


  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood, Mountain 
  Brook, Trussville, Hueytown, Gardendale, Irondale, Leeds, Moody, 
  Fairfield, Fultondale, Sumiton, Dora, Center Point, Pleasant 
  Grove, Clay and Pinson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 3385 8698 3384 8695 3382 8695 3384 8688
      3384 8676 3377 8665 3377 8660 3372 8653
      3356 8655 3355 8652 3353 8652 3352 8656
      3347 8662 3347 8667 3342 8672 3342 8675
      3339 8676 3333 8688 3331 8690 3355 8718

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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