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Saturday, June 11, 2005

ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Watch

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
WGUS64 KHUN 120345
FFAHUN

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1044 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-120900-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...HARTSELLE...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
1044 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...NORTHEAST
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARLENE WILL CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHWARD AND SLOWLY WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. ITS CENTER OF CIRCULATION
SHOULD BE LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING.
THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS TENNESSEE AND
REACH THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY SUNDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF
RAIN...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ALL OF
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT AND
THROUGH THE MORNING SUNDAY.

* RAINFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS WEST OF
INTERSTATE 65...WHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN
THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR
QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING THREATENS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

$$

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