Flash Flood Watch Issued for Central Alabama

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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
916 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING…

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MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-MARENGO-DALLAS-
AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-
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…LIVINGSTON…EUTAW…
GREENSBORO…MOUNDVILLE…MARION…CENTREVILLE…CLANTON…
DEMOPOLIS…LINDEN…SELMA…PRATTVILLE…FORT DEPOSIT…
HAYNEVILLE
916 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA…NORTHEAST ALABAMA…NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL
ALABAMA…AUTAUGA…BIBB…BLOUNT…CHILTON…DALLAS…
JEFFERSON…LOWNDES…PERRY…SHELBY…ST. CLAIR…TALLADEGA
AND WALKER. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…CALHOUN AND CLEBURNE. IN
NORTHEAST ALABAMA…CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN NORTHWEST
ALABAMA…MARION AND WINSTON. IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
FAYETTE…GREENE…HALE…LAMAR…MARENGO…PICKENS…SUMTER AND
TUSCALOOSA.

* FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AS TROPICAL STORM LEE MOVES
NORTHWARD BEGINNING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO LOCALLY
HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY SUNDAY LATE MORNING
CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND THE
WATCH AREA WILL EXPERIENCE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES OF
RAINFALL…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE
AREA…ESPECIALLY IN POORLY DRAINED LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION…WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL EXPECTED…DRY SOILS WILL
QUICKLY SATURATE LEADING TO RAPID RUNOFF INTO RIVERS AND
CREEKS…RESULTING IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING 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.

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY, TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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