ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
WGUS64 KBMX 101720
FFABMX
ALZ011>015-017>050-130000-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1215 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

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.

AS TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVES CLOSER TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST...
RAIN BANDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF ARLENE...4 TO 8 INCHES OF
RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST ALABAMA THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH 3 TO
5 INCHES ACROSS EAST ALABAMA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS GREATER THAN
8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IF THE TRACK OF ARLENE SHIFTS FARTHER
EAST OR WEST...THIS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON WHERE THE
HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS WILL OCCUR.

REGARDLESS...RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST WEEK
HAS LED TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF IN THE AREAS OF CREEKS...
STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS.

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 FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN
AREAS 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 WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES. UPDATES TO THIS FLOODING SITUATION WILL BE FOUND
UNDER TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENTS (BHMHLSBMX).

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