Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 070438
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1038 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE INLAND PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...

.A COLD FRONT MOVING WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS
IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE INLAND
PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT WHICH MAY RESULT
IN FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS.

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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-UPPER MOBILE-
UPPER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...
BAY MINETTE...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...
LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
1038 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE
AREA AND THE RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED.

$$

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CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...
BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...
CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW
1038 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
BUTLER...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA. IN
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND
INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY

* RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

* THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS TO
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO RISE IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS...AND MAY LEAD TO DANGEROUS FLOODING CONDITIONS
ON ROADS AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.
PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...

KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING
IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...AND DON'T DROWN.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

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