FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 254 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 600 AM CST
* AT 253 AM CST...RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
ALABAMA. HOWEVER...RESIDUAL FLOODING CONTINUES...INCLUDING ALONG
MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOST OF THIS FLOODING WILL END BY
DAYBREAK...BUT THE LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO
EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3449 8556 3438 8562 3424 8583 3420 8584
3418 8619 3410 8631 3426 8645 3426 8651
3409 8666 3409 8669 3407 8668 3395 8678
3391 8691 3386 8696 3388 8701 3390 8710
3431 8711 3500 8687 3499 8560 3452 8551
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JE
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 218 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR BIG
WILLS CREEK IN CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY...
AT 218 AM CST...THE STAGE ON BIG WILLS CREEK NEAR FORT PAYNE WAS
11.38 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. THE CREEK IS STILL RISING...BUT
AT A SLOWER PACE. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE CREEK CAN BE
EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3420 8589 3420 8601 3421 8601 3459 8565
3458 8559
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JE
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 136 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
BEHIND A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM AND EXITING COLD
FRONT...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 40
MPH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...GUSTS TO 55 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE.
ON WEDNESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST...AGAIN AT 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY
THRESHOLD LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
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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