URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
844 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
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…DE KALB…FRANKLIN AL…JACKSON…
LAUDERDALE…LAWRENCE…LIMESTONE…MADISON…MARSHALL AND
MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE…FRANKLIN TN…LINCOLN
AND MOORE.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
PLENTIFUL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND A SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WILL
ENHANCE THE FLOODING THREAT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING…WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED AREA-WIDE.
* THE MAIN CONCERN FROM THIS SYSTEM IS FLASH FLOODING ASSOCIATED
WITH CONVECTIVE CELLS EMBEDDED IN THE MAIN RAIN SHIELD. ALTHOUGH
ANTECEDENT SOIL CONDITIONS ARE FAIRLY DRY DUE TO LIMITED
RECENT RAINFALL…LOCALLY STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
DROPPING A QUICK HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL…ON TOP OF THE
ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. LOW
LYING DITCHES AND ROADWAYS WILL BE MOST PRONE TO FLOODING
CONCERNS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
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.
