TORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 305 AM CST TUE DEC 01 2009
TORNADO WATCH 787 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ALC003-031-035-039-045-053-061-067-069-097-021600-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0787.091202T0910Z-091202T1600Z/
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BALDWIN COFFEE CONECUH
COVINGTON DALE ESCAMBIA
GENEVA HENRY HOUSTON
MOBILE
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 243 AM CST TUE DEC 01 2009
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...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND GEORGIA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...BAY...
CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...
HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LEON...
LIBERTY...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...
CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...
GRADY...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...
SEMINOLE...TERRELL...THOMAS AND WORTH.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* HEAVY RAINFALL IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY
BE HEAVIEST WEST OF A LINE FROM ALBANY TO TALLAHASSEE AND PANAMA
CITY. IN THESE LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4
TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. FURTHER EAST...ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND...LESSER AMOUNTS OF LOCALLY 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE RAINFALL
OCCURRING DURING WEDNESDAY. AS OF 400 AM EST (300 AM CST) THIS
MORNING...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES
INDICATING A FAIRLY LARGE SWATH OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE COAST.
* AS SOME OF THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING IN
URBANIZED OR POORLY DRAINING AREAS ON WEDNESDAY AS A SQUALL
LINE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH
COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF URBANIZED OR LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA THAT IS FLOODED. THE DEPTH OF
THE WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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17-GOULD
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