URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-ELMORE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ANNISTON…HEFLIN…CARROLLTON…
TUSCALOOSA…BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…COLUMBIANA…PELHAM…
ALABASTER…PELL CITY…MOODY…TALLADEGA…SYLACAUGA…ASHLAND…
ROANOKE…LIVINGSTON…EUTAW…GREENSBORO…MOUNDVILLE…MARION…
CENTREVILLE…CLANTON…ROCKFORD…ALEXANDER CITY…DADEVILLE…
VALLEY…LANETT…LAFAYETTE…DEMOPOLIS…LINDEN…SELMA…
PRATTVILLE…WETUMPKA…TALLASSEE…AUBURN…OPELIKA
358 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…AUTAUGA…BIBB…
CHILTON…COOSA…DALLAS…ELMORE…JEFFERSON…PERRY…
SHELBY…ST. CLAIR AND TALLADEGA. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
CALHOUN…CHAMBERS…CLAY…CLEBURNE…LEE…RANDOLPH AND
TALLAPOOSA. IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…GREENE…HALE…
MARENGO…PICKENS…SUMTER AND TUSCALOOSA.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* A DISTURBANCE SWINGING ACROSS LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI WILL
CAUSE A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHERN
ALABAMA TO LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE DAY.
ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FROM DAYTIME HEATING WILL
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON TOP
OF RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES THAT HAS ALREADY
FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
FLOODING.
* MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER
IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN
AROUND…DON’T DROWN.
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.
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12/SIRMON
