FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1019 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 100 PM CST
* AT 1018 AM CST...WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA...AND
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE
RANGED UPWARDS TO 1.5 INCHES. THE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN...ALONG
WITH LEAVES AND DEBRIS BLOCKING DRAINS WILL CAUSE AREA DITCHES TO
FILL. IN ADDITION...SOME AREA ROADWAYS MAY EXPERIENCE PONDING OF
WATER AND MINOR FLOODING.
THE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25
MPH...WITH RAINFALL EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AROUND NOON. HOWEVER...
RUNOFF FROM THE RAINS WILL CONTINUE A FLOOD THREAT INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
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 3420 8584 3418 8619 3410 8631 3426 8651
3395 8678 3388 8708 3431 8721 3460 8721
3501 8702 3500 8684 3527 8682 3537 8659
3534 8642 3542 8626 3536 8623 3536 8602
3523 8586 3500 8587 3499 8560 3452 8551
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RSB
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