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Saturday, June 11, 2005

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WGUS64 KHUN 112022
FFAHUN

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

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-120900-
/X.CON.KHUN.FF.A.0002.050611T2300Z-050612T2100Z/
/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
322 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING
TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE AND BEGIN TO
WEAKEN TONIGHT. THE REMNANTS OF ARLENE WILL MOVE STEADILY
NORTHWESTWARD AND THEN NORTHWARD FOLLOWING A PATH VERY CLOSE TO
THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. PERIODS OF
RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ALL OF
NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THROUGH THE MORNING ON SUNDAY AS THE CENTER
OF ARLENE APPROACHES THE AREA.

* RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AND 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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