FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 342 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL
ALABAMA...LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
LEE...MACON AND RUSSELL. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...BARBOUR...
BULLOCK AND PIKE.
* FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT 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.
* 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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