FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1134 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
…HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…
.THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL SLOWLY DRIFT NORTHWARD ALONG THE
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
SEVERAL BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
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…
LIVINGSTON…EUTAW…GREENSBORO…MOUNDVILLE…MARION…
CENTREVILLE…CLANTON…ROCKFORD…ALEXANDER CITY…DADEVILLE…
VALLEY…LANETT…LAFAYETTE…DEMOPOLIS…LINDEN…SELMA…
PRATTVILLE…FORT DEPOSIT…HAYNEVILLE…WETUMPKA…TALLASSEE…
MONTGOMERY…TUSKEGEE…UNION SPRINGS…AUBURN…OPELIKA…
PHENIX CITY…TROY…EUFAULA
1134 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.
* UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY
* THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL PRODUCE RAIN BANDS THAT WILL ROTATE
ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAIN
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 4
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. THESE HIGHER
AMOUNTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH
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.
$$
