URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
322 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009
..FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
.AFTER RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS A GOOD
PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…ANOTHER SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP
WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER LOUISIANA AND TRACK OVER CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN ALABAMA…BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF
ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA BY LATE THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO SWELL
RIVERS AND CREEKS CREATING A FLASH FLOOD HAZARD THAT WILL BEGIN
AROUND 10 PM CDT AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY 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…
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.
* FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* ANOTHER SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER
LOUISIANA AND TRACK OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN
ALABAMA.
* WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVING ALREADY FALLEN…ANOTHER 2 TO
3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING WILL CREATE A FLASH FLOOD CONCERN ON RIVERS…CREEKS AND
LOW LYING AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER IN THE ROADWAY…DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
THE WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. 2 INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN
SWEEP A PERSON OFF THEIR FEET AND ONLY 6 INCHES OF WATER CAN FLOAT
A CAR. DO NOT TAKE A CHANCE…TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
