WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 335 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT.
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM ON CHRISTMAS EVE WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS BEGINNING CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO
CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. GIVEN THE WET AND WINDY CONDITIONS...SOME
FALLEN TREES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG WIND GUSTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...
OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS
REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 336 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...
LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL AND
MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN
AND MOORE.
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA BY
CHRISTMAS EVE. ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL BE A LINE OF HEAVY
RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN DOES NOT LOOK TO
LAST FOR A PARTICULARLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME...IT WILL BE QUITE
HEAVY WHILE IT LASTS...WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. EXPECT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
ALSO WITH RECENT HEAVY RAIN AND WET GROUND CONDITIONS...ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE CHANCE OF RIVER
FLOODING THAT COULD LAST INTO THIS WEEKEND.
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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