Flash Flood Watch

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
406 AM CST WED MAR 10 2010

..SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT

MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…SULLIGENT…VERNON…
FAYETTE…DOUBLE SPRINGS…JASPER…ONEONTA…GADSDEN…
ANNISTON…CENTRE…HEFLIN…CARROLLTON…TUSCALOOSA…
BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…COLUMBIANA…PELHAM…ALABASTER…
PELL CITY…MOODY…TALLADEGA…SYLACAUGA…ASHLAND…ROANOKE…
LIVINGSTON…EUTAW…GREENSBORO…MOUNDVILLE…MARION…
CENTREVILLE…CLANTON…ROCKFORD…ALEXANDER CITY…DADEVILLE…
VALLEY…LANETT…LAFAYETTE…DEMOPOLIS…LINDEN…SELMA…
PRATTVILLE…FORT DEPOSIT…HAYNEVILLE…WETUMPKA…TALLASSEE…
MONTGOMERY…TUSKEGEE…UNION SPRINGS…AUBURN…OPELIKA…
PHENIX CITY…TROY…EUFAULA
406 AM CST WED MAR 10 2010

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA…NORTHEAST ALABAMA…NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…AUTAUGA…BIBB…
BLOUNT…CHILTON…COOSA…DALLAS…ELMORE…JEFFERSON…
LOWNDES…MONTGOMERY…PERRY…SHELBY…ST. CLAIR…TALLADEGA
AND WALKER. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…CALHOUN…CHAMBERS…
CLAY…CLEBURNE…LEE…MACON…RANDOLPH…RUSSELL AND
TALLAPOOSA. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN
NORTHWEST ALABAMA…MARION AND WINSTON. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
BARBOUR…BULLOCK AND PIKE. IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
FAYETTE…GREENE…HALE…LAMAR…MARENGO…PICKENS…SUMTER
AND TUSCALOOSA.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
MANY LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH NOON
TODAY BEFORE A BRIEF DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE ARE
NOTED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND EXPAND IN
COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WHEN ANOTHER 2 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN A
RATHER SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DURING HEAVY RAINS…KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS…WATER
CATCHMENTS…AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW…GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN
BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER MINUTES WHEN HEAVY RAINS
OCCUR.

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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