...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY.
EASTERLY WINDS WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING. BY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA CAN
EXPECT SUSTAINED EASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS MORE THAN 20 MPH...OR
WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
DRIVING IN A NORTH OR SOUTH DIRECTION. TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER
TREES MAKE FALL DUE TO THE WINDS. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
$$

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST CENTRAL
 ALABAMA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...INCLUDING
 THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...AUTAUGA...BLOUNT...
 CHILTON...COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...JEFFERSON...LOWNDES...
 MONTGOMERY...SHELBY...ST. CLAIR AND TALLADEGA. IN EAST CENTRAL
 ALABAMA...CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CLAY...CLEBURNE...LEE...MACON...
 RANDOLPH...RUSSELL AND TALLAPOOSA. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
 CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...BARBOUR...BULLOCK
 AND PIKE.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* AS HURRICANE IDA MAKES LANDFALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON
  MONDAY...HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE
  EASTERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON
  TUESDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH POSSIBLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS IN LOCALIZED AREAS WITHIN THE EFFECTED COUNTIES.
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.
$$

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY.
EASTERLY WINDS WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING. BY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA CAN
EXPECT SUSTAINED EASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS MORE THAN 20 MPH...OR
WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
DRIVING IN A NORTH OR SOUTH DIRECTION. TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER
TREES MAKE FALL DUE TO THE WINDS. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
$$