...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.
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...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM
CST TUESDAY.
SUSTAINED EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS
AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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