Flash Flood Watch Canceled For North Alabama, Continues For Central Alabama

Scott Martin | January 14, 2020 @ 11:56 am

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED…

The Flash Flood Watch for portions of Alabama and southern middle Tennessee has been canceled. Heavy rainfall has moved out of the area and no further heavy rain is expected this afternoon. There is a chance of locally heavy rain tonight with additional thunderstorms, but this risk has lowered and is expected to be isolated.

The counties that have been canceled are Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan.

Runoff from rainfall overnight has produced ponding of water on some roadways, so please use caution and do not attempt to drive through a flooded roadway.

A Flash Flood Watch continues for nearly all of Central Alabama through 6:00 am on Wednesday morning. The counties included in the watch are Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Marengo, Marion, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston.

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Severe Weather

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Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.