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FFABMX
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
306 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT…
.HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AS
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA
LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
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CLEBURNE-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
CHAMBERS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-
RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HEFLIN…TALLADEGA…SYLACAUGA…
ASHLAND…ROANOKE…CLANTON…ROCKFORD…ALEXANDER CITY…
DADEVILLE…VALLEY…LANETT…LAFAYETTE…PRATTVILLE…
FORT DEPOSIT…HAYNEVILLE…WETUMPKA…TALLASSEE…MONTGOMERY…
TUSKEGEE…UNION SPRINGS…AUBURN…OPELIKA…PHENIX CITY…
TROY…EUFAULA
306 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…AUTAUGA…CHILTON…
COOSA…ELMORE…LOWNDES…MONTGOMERY AND TALLADEGA. IN EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA…CHAMBERS…CLAY…CLEBURNE…LEE…MACON…
RANDOLPH…RUSSELL AND TALLAPOOSA. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…
BARBOUR…BULLOCK AND PIKE.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT
* AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST
ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER THIS EVENING…BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
THE MAIN THREAT AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF INTERSTATE
65 AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER
HOUR MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
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.
