WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 246 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 2 AM CST
FRIDAY...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY. THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...
SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH 45
MPH GUSTS EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS THIS
STRONG MAY TOPPLE TREES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...
OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS
REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 245 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
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.
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY
WITH ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL FALLING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAJORITY OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL OVER
A PERIOD OF ONLY A FEW HOURS...AND GIVEN THIS SHORT DURATION AND
ALREADY WET SOILS...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN AS THE RAINFALL TAPERS
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY...RUNOFF
WILL CONTINUE INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS...ENHANCING THE RIVER
FLOOD THREAT FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
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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JLL
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