Flash Flood Watch

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FFAHUN

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
705 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
705 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...
LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL AND
MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN
AND MOORE.

* UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY

* WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
TENNESSEE VALLEY WITH ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES. ANOTHER LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
AREA LATER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-65.

* STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. GIVEN THE
ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CREATE
SIGNIFICANT FLOOD THREATS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. URBAN AREAS
WILL ALSO BE MORE PRONE TO FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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DJN

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