FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 459 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ONSHORE ON THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF
COAST TONIGHT IS THE CATALYST FOR AN EXPECTED HEAVY RAIN EVENT
TONIGHT. FORECAST RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH BANDS OF 5
TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SOUTHEAST OF A
MOBILE TO GREENVILLE LINE.
* LOW PLACES IN AREA ROADS WILL MOST CERTAINLY HAVE STANDING WATER IF
NOT FLOWING WATER OVERNIGHT. THE PLACES THAT NORMALLY SUFFER FROM
POOR DRAINAGE WILL LIKELY HAVE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS TONIGHT.
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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