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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