FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 922 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
CENTRAL ALABAMA...AUTAUGA...DALLAS AND ELMORE. IN WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA...MARENGO.
* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
* A STORM SYSTEM MOVING TOWARDS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WILL SPREAD
RAIN INTO SOUTH ALABAMA TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. SOME OF THE
RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO
2 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGH
AMOUNTS 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 900 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM CST
FRIDAY.
GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. SUSTAINED
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH. A FEW WIND GUSTS AROUND 30
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS
...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO
THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING IN A NORTH OR SOUTH
DIRECTION.
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