ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Watch

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
400 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL
NOON CDT SUNDAY...

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...LAMAR...LEE...
LOWNDES...MACON...MARENGO...MARION...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PICKENS...
PIKE...RANDOLPH...RUSSELL...SHELBY...ST CLAIR...SUMTER...TALLADEGA...
TALLAPOOSA...TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...AND WINSTON.

TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVED ASHORE NEAR PENSACOLA FL THIS
AFTERNOON...AND WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH WESTERN ALABAMA TONIGHT.
AS ARLENE CONTINUES NORTH OVERNIGHT...COPIOUS MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL ALABAMA WITH WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL OCCURRING. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF ARLENE...2 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS COULD FALL TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN
AREAS TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 NEAR THE CENTER OF ARLENE.

RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST WEEK HAS LEFT THE
GROUND QUITE WET...AND HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN RAPID
RUNOFF. THIS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...AND LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING.

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

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN
AREAS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS 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 WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

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

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