FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 852 AM CST THU DEC 17 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY.
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...LEE...MACON AND RUSSELL. IN
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...BARBOUR...BULLOCK AND PIKE.
* FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON FRIDAY
* A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL
SPREAD RAIN INTO SOUTH ALABAMA TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. SOME OF
THE RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO
2 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THE WATCH AREA.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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