{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.dc1b5f2b9753e0ed6ee7b021412c677177a6e3d7.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flood Warning issued June 20 at 5:09PM CDT until June 20 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-06-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.dc1b5f2b9753e0ed6ee7b021412c677177a6e3d7.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Birmingham AL"},"word_count":186,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flood Warning: Flood Warning issued June 20 at 5:09PM CDT until June 20 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Jefferson, AL; Shelby, AL\n**Issued by:** NWS Birmingham AL\n**Sent:** 2026-06-20T17:09:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-06-20T17:09:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-06-20T20:15:00-05:00\n\n## Description\n* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.\n\n* WHERE...A portion of central Alabama, including the following\ncounties, Jefferson and Shelby.\n\n* WHEN...Until 815 PM CDT.\n\n* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying\nand flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams\ncontinue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.\n\n* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...\n- At 509 PM CDT, heavy rainfall has ended, but multiple creeks\nand streams remain out of their banks, including Village\nCreek and Shades Creek.\n- Some locations that will experience flooding include...\nBirmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood,\nMountain Brook, Hueytown, Gardendale, Irondale, Fairfield,\nFultondale, Pleasant Grove, Tarrant, Midfield, Brighton,\nIndian Springs Village, Lipscomb, Samford University, Five\nPoints South and U.A.B. Campus.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nStay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become\nunstable and unsafe."}