FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 539 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
BIBB...BLOUNT...CHILTON...COOSA...JEFFERSON...PERRY...SHELBY...
ST. CLAIR...TALLADEGA AND WALKER. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CLAY...CLEBURNE...RANDOLPH AND
TALLAPOOSA. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...PICKENS...
SUMTER AND TUSCALOOSA.
* UNTIL NOON CST TODAY
* A STORM SYSTEM MOVING TOWARDS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE CONTINUE TO
SPREAD RAIN INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. SOME OF THE RAINFALL
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN
AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE FORECAST IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED HIGH AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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