FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 743 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE ALABAMA RIVER NEAR MILLERS FERRY DAM
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
* AT 6 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...64.2 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 66 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
NEAR 68.6 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE BY WEDNESDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 232 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL
ALABAMA...AUTAUGA...DALLAS...ELMORE...LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY.
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...LEE...MACON AND RUSSELL. IN
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...BARBOUR...BULLOCK AND PIKE.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STORMS
TO CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA...CREATING THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. SOIL
CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FROM
RECENT RAINFALL INCREASING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.
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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