FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 344 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO...
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUTLER...
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 730 AM CST
* AT 342 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WHICH HAS PRODUCED
UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THOMASVILLE
...TALLAHATTA SPRINGS...SILAS...ROCK SPRINGS...OPINE...NEEDHAM...
MELVIN...LAVACA...GILBERTOWN...EVANSBORO...EDNA...COFFEEVILLE...
CHOCTAW CITY...CHAPPELL HILL...ARARAT...HIWANNEE...GRETNA...
EUCUTTA AND BOICE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3231 8792 3229 8793 3230 8795 3230 8799
3228 8801 3216 8800 3214 8804 3209 8804
3206 8811 3201 8811 3200 8773 3192 8768
3172 8811 3172 8845 3145 8893 3183 8893
3185 8863 3189 8848 3230 8843 3232 8793
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JVW
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 914 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR COFFEEVILLE DAM
* UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
* AT 8PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 34.5 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 29 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 914 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* AT 7PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.9 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 28 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.
* THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 914 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ALABAMA RIVER NEAR CLAIBORNE DAM
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* AT 7PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 47 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 42 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 47.1 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW
THEN BEGIN FALLING.
$$
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 605 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER
BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA
ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA
ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...
STONE AND WAYNE.
* UNTIL NOON CST TODAY
* LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF JUST TO THE SOUTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE INLAND OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER
TODAY. A LARGE RAIN SHIELD TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE LOW
HAVE SPREAD OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING...WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE FOCUS OF THE HEAVY
RAINFALL THIS MORNING APPEARS TO BE OVER PARTS OF INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA PRIMARILY
TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FELL OVER THAT REGION SINCE MIDNIGHT...AND AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH AROUND 9
AM WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. FOR THOSE
AREAS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF I-65...AS WELL AS THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...HEAVY RAINFALL IS MORE SCATTERED IN
NATURE...BUT SOME LOCATIONS THERE COULD ALSO STILL RECEIVE 1 TO 3
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS LATER
THIS MORNING. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO ALL OF THE RECENT
HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF
CAUSING MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS...INCLUDING ON AREA RIVERS.
* MANY RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AS A
RESULT OF RAIN RECEIVED EARLIER THIS WEEK. LOCAL CREEKS AND
STREAMS ARE ALSO STILL RUNNING QUITE HIGH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. THOSE WITH
PROPERTY IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OF RIVERS WHICH ARE NEAR OR ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE OR PERSONS NEAR QUICKLY RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS
ARE URGED TO LISTEN FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS.
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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