FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 925 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY
WITH ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL FALLING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAJORITY OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL OVER
A PERIOD OF ONLY A FEW HOURS...AND GIVEN THIS SHORT DURATION AND
ALREADY WET SOILS...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN AS THE RAINFALL TAPERS
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE 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.
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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 940 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-241100-
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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
940 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 2 AM CST
FRIDAY...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY. THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...SUSTAINED
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH 45 MPH GUSTS
EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS MAY TOPPLE
A FEW TREES DUE TO A WET GROUND...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
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.
$$
RSB
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