FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 119 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CATOMA CREEK NEAR U.S. 331 HIGHWAY BRIDGE.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 12 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 21.5 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 20 FEET...FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE
VICINITY OF THE U.S. 331 HIGHWAY BRIDGE OCCURS.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1000 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...AUTAUGA...DALLAS...
ELMORE...LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CHAMBERS...LEE...MACON...RUSSELL AND TALLAPOOSA. IN SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...BARBOUR...BULLOCK AND PIKE.
* FROM 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT...AS WELL
AS DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STORMS
TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA...OR BACK BUILD OVER THE SAME AREA
CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH
FLOODING. SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FROM
RECENT RAINFALL INCREASING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.
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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