HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 304 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY...
STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING HOURS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. JUST
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SQUALL LINE...WINDS WILL FURTHER
INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE
HIGHEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BECOME HIGHER AS
RAINFALL FURTHER SATURATES ALREADY WET SOILS. MOTORISTS HEADING
OUT FOR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER AWARE...AND KEEP
A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
$$
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1246 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-250400-
/O.CON.KHUN.FF.A.0013.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
1246 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...COLBERT...CULLMAN...
DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...
LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL AND MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN AND MOORE.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* A PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS
EVENING AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE OZARKS AND
INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT TIME. GIVEN THE SHORT
DURATION AND ALREADY WET SOILS...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
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