WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 940 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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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
940 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS 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 MAY TOPPLE
A FEW TREES DUE TO A WET GROUND...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
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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RSB
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 336 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY
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.
* FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND
BEGIN TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE TO TWO
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR THREE INCHES...WILL BE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAINFALL COMES TO AN END CHRISTMAS MORNING.
THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN WILL FALL OVER A PERIOD OF ONLY A FEW
HOURS...AND GIVEN THE SHORT DURATION AND ALREADY WET
SOILS...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN AS THE RAINFALL TAPERS OFF WITH
THE PASSAGE OF A 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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KDW
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