FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 115 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
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.
* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* MOST OF THE REGION HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING AS MUCH AT
6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL. RAINFALL COULD AGAIN BE LOCALLY HEAVY
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WITH UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES
FALLING IN SOME AREAS. LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS COULD BE EVEN
HIGHER. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND EXASPERATE
ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS...POSSIBLY CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS
OF THE FORECAST REGION... INCLUDING AREA RIVERS...THROUGH TUESDAY.
* MANY RIVERS ARE NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY AND WILL REMAIN SO
THROUGH THE WEEK. THOSE WILL PROPERTY IN THE FLOOD PLAIN SHOULD
STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST RIVER FORECAST.
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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