ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Watch

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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
332 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

AUTAUGA...BARBOUR...BIBB...BLOUNT...BULLOCK...CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...
CHEROKEE...CHILTON...CLAY...CLEBURNE...COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...
ETOWAH...FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...JEFFERSON....LEE...
LOWNDES...MACON...MARENGO...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PICKENS...
PIKE...RANDOLPH...RUSSELL...SHELBY...ST CLAIR...SUMTER...TALLADEGA...
TALLAPOOSA...TUSCALOOSA...AND WALKER.

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING THROUGH 3 PM CST
TODAY...FRIDAY

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY WITH OBSERVED AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE GROUND IS
NEARLY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL DURING THE PAST WEEK...AND ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF IN THE
AREAS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SPREAD BACK INTO THE AREA THIS
MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE RAINFALL
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND NEAR
SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN
AROUND DON'T DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE
IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE
PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR
OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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