WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 437 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM
CST FRIDAY...
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL
INCREASE TO AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA FROM THIS MORNING
INTO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES.
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH OR EVEN EXCEED 50 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
BREAKING SMALL TREE BRANCHES...AND MAY TOPPLE TREES WHERE THE
GROUND BECOMES SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...PARTICULARLY IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN.
THE WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEAKEN AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...
OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS
REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
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KDW
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 336 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...COLBERT...CULLMAN...
DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...
LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL AND MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN AND MOORE.
* FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND
BEGIN TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE TO TWO
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR THREE INCHES...WILL BE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAINFALL COMES TO AN END CHRISTMAS MORNING.
THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN WILL FALL OVER A PERIOD OF ONLY A FEW
HOURS...AND GIVEN THE SHORT DURATION AND ALREADY WET
SOILS...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN AS THE RAINFALL TAPERS OFF WITH
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY...RUNOFF WILL
CONTINUE INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS...ENHANCING THE RIVER FLOOD
THREAT FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
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.
$$
KDW
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