FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 938 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT THE SELDEN LOCK AND DAM.
* FROM NIGHT TO MONDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 82.1 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 90 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 90.9 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 90 FEET...PASTURE AND WOODLANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD.
LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND AT STAGES ABOVE 90 FEET.
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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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