FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 602 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ARLEY...
* UNTIL 900 AM CST
* AT 602 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THESE AREAS
HAVE RECEIVED ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF HOURS. WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THIS COULD CAUSE NUISANCE FLOODING ALONG
ROADS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3430 8711 3386 8712 3387 8750 3431 8749
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 555 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHWEST ALABAMA...MARION AND WINSTON. IN WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA...LAMAR.
* UNTIL NOON CST TODAY
* A STORM SYSTEM MOVING TOWARDS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE CONTINUE
TO SPREAD RAIN INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. 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 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED HIGH
AMOUNTS ARE 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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