ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Watch

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
WGUS64 KBMX 091500
FFABMX
ALZ011>015-017>050-101501-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1000 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY
MORNING...

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.

HURRICANE DENNIS IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
ON SUNDAY. AS IT DOES...RAIN BANDS WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO
CENTRAL ALABAMA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STEADY RAIN WILL THEN
SPREAD NORTHWARD AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY NIGHT...AND
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.

BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF DENNIS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF
RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST MONTH HAS
LED TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...
KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING
IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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

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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