FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 724 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VESTAVIA HILLS...TRUSSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN BROOK...LEEDS...IRONDALE...HUEYTOWN...HOOVER...
GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...FAIRFIELD...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER...
HOMEWOOD...
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILSONVILLE...PELHAM...MONTEVALLO...
HELENA...COLUMBIANA...CHELSEA...CALERA...ALABASTER...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CST
* AT 723 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THESE AREAS
HAVE RECEIVED ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF HOURS. WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THIS COULD CAUSE NUISANCE FLOODING ALONG
ROADS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LAT...LON 3374 8656 3356 8655 3355 8649 3343 8638
3326 8643 3319 8650 3315 8647 3303 8652
3308 8662 3307 8693 3316 8697 3317 8702
3325 8702 3331 8714 3349 8730 3355 8719
3364 8713 3366 8706 3379 8696 3384 8683
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 555 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...NORTHEAST
ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...AUTAUGA...
BIBB...BLOUNT...CHILTON...COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...
JEFFERSON...LOWNDES...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...SHELBY...ST.
CLAIR...TALLADEGA AND WALKER. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CLAY...CLEBURNE...LEE...MACON...
RANDOLPH...RUSSELL AND TALLAPOOSA. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...BARBOUR...BULLOCK
AND PIKE. IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...
MARENGO...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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