Flash flood watch just issued by NWS Birmingham. Will have much more on the Monday morning Weather Xtreme video and blog discussion, which will posted bright and early by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. Am at the weather office tonight waiting to do the 10:00 weathercast… filling in for Ashley B…
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
920 PM CDT SUN OCT 11 2009
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON…
.LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT FROM WEST TO EAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR ON MONDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE TRANSPORTED ACROSS THE AREA
AND WITH A WARM FRONT IN THE VICINITY…LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
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MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-
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
920 PM CDT SUN OCT 11 2009
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON…
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…BLOUNT…JEFFERSON…SHELBY…ST. CLAIR… TALLADEGA
AND WALKER. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…CALHOUN… CLAY…CLEBURNE
AND RANDOLPH. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN
NORTHWEST ALABAMA…MARION AND WINSTON. IN WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA…FAYETTE…LAMAR…PICKENS AND TUSCALOOSA.
* FROM 4 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 4 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS LOW
PRESSURE PASSES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
