FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 510 AM CST THU DEC 17 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA
AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
ALABAMA...BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...
LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN AND
UPPER MOBILE. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...
COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...
INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE AND STONE.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
* RAINFALL...LOCALLY HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS...WILL BE SPREADING INTO
THE REGION TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
WESTERN GULF MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. UNFORTUNATELY...THE LOCATIONS
THAT WILL LIKELY RECEIVE THE HEAVIER RAINFALL TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING WILL BE THE MANY OF THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK. SOME LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN
BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF ALABAMA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP
TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS...WITH A
LARGE AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WIGGINS...LUCEDALE...
CITRONELLE...MONROEVILLE...GREENVILLE LINE RECEIVING AT LEAST 4
INCHES...AND IN SOME CASES 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS EARLIER
RAINFALL RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING...SOME OF
WHICH CONTINUES THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THAT SAME AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY
FRIDAY...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SOILS ARE
SATURATED DUE TO THE EARLIER RAINS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND CAUSE MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS
ACT TO EXACERBATE ANY EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA... INCLUDING AREA RIVERS.
* MANY RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AS A
RESULT OF THE RAINFALL THAT FELL EARLIER THIS WEEK. ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE THE RIVER FLOODING SITUATION. THOSE
WITH PROPERTY IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OF RIVERS THAT ARE AT OR ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST RIVER FORECAST.
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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