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Flash Flood Watch
- Expiring:
- 05/19/2013 04:00pm
- Areas affected:
- Etowah, AL
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
719 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH REDEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE EASTERN
HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...
.AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA BETWEEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NOON SATURDAY. THIS RESULTED
IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS
BEEN A LULL IN THE RAIN SINCE AROUND NOON SATURDAY...THERE IS A
CHANCE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE
SAME AREA TODAY. WITH GROUND CONDITIONS ALREADY SATURATED FROM FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY'S RAIN...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD
LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING.
ALZ017>021-024>029-036>038-043>048-192100-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130519T2100Z/BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-
ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-
ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...
HEFLIN...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...
LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...
UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY
719 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...NORTHEAST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...BLOUNT...COOSA...ELMORE...
JEFFERSON...MONTGOMERY...SHELBY...ST. CLAIR AND TALLADEGA. IN
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CLAY...CLEBURNE...
LEE...MACON...RANDOLPH...RUSSELL AND TALLAPOOSA. IN NORTHEAST
ALABAMA...CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...BULLOCK.
* UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
* PRIOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA HAS SATURATED THE
GROUND. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THAT DEVELOPS IN THE WATCH
AREA MAY QUICKLY LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING.
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. -
Flash Flood Watch
- Expiring:
- 05/19/2013 04:00pm
- Areas affected:
- Etowah, AL
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
719 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH REDEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE EASTERN
HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...
.AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA BETWEEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NOON SATURDAY. THIS RESULTED
IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS
BEEN A LULL IN THE RAIN SINCE AROUND NOON SATURDAY...THERE IS A
CHANCE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE
SAME AREA TODAY. WITH GROUND CONDITIONS ALREADY SATURATED FROM FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY'S RAIN...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD
LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING.
ALZ017>021-024>029-036>038-043>048-192100-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130519T2100Z/BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-
ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-
ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...
HEFLIN...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...
LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...
UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY
719 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...NORTHEAST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...BLOUNT...COOSA...ELMORE...
JEFFERSON...MONTGOMERY...SHELBY...ST. CLAIR AND TALLADEGA. IN
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CLAY...CLEBURNE...
LEE...MACON...RANDOLPH...RUSSELL AND TALLAPOOSA. IN NORTHEAST
ALABAMA...CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...BULLOCK.
* UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
* PRIOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA HAS SATURATED THE
GROUND. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THAT DEVELOPS IN THE WATCH
AREA MAY QUICKLY LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING.
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.
