Flood Watch–Full Text

From the NWS in Huntsville:

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1016 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

…ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD LEAD TO URBAN FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON…

.A VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT WILL
LEAD TO MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
CULLMAN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…
RUSSELLVILLE…MOULTON…ATHENS…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR…CULLMAN

1016 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…IN NORTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA…CULLMAN…LIMESTONE…MADISON AND MORGAN. IN
NORTHWEST ALABAMA…COLBERT…FRANKLIN…LAUDERDALE AND
LAWRENCE.

* UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN SEVERAL PORTIONS
OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA HAS LEFT TOP SOILS QUITE
SATURATED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES ARE LIKELY
WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS TODAY…LENDING TO A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR
BRIEF BUT DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING…ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

* THE HIGHEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE DUE TO RUNOFF IN
THE CITIES OF DECATUR…HUNTSVILLE…ATHENS…AND THE QUAD
CITIES.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN
THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS…KEEP INFORMED…AND BE READY FOR
QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING THREATENS.

KULA

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