FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 354 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER
BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN AND UPPER
MOBILE. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL
OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND
OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
* FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF
OF MEXICO EARLY TUESDAY AND TRACK TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE REGION...IT WILL ALLOW A WARM FRONT TO MOVE INLAND. THIS
BOUNDARY ALONG WITH THE STRENGTHENING LOW WILL RESULT IN THE
POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH BANDS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES 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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