FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 952 PM CST MON NOV 09 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...NORTHEAST
ALABAMA...NORTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL
ALABAMA...AUTAUGA...BIBB...BLOUNT...CHILTON...COOSA...DALLAS...
ELMORE...JEFFERSON...LOWNDES...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...SHELBY...
ST. CLAIR...TALLADEGA AND WALKER. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CLAY...CLEBURNE...LEE...MACON...
RANDOLPH...RUSSELL AND TALLAPOOSA. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...MARION AND
WINSTON. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...BARBOUR...BULLOCK AND PIKE. IN
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...LAMAR...
MARENGO...PICKENS...SUMTER AND TUSCALOOSA.
* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AS TROPICAL STORM IDA MOVES
INLAND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
ISOLATED LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WHICH MAY LEAD 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.
$$ WIND ADVISORY Warning Issue Date: 855 PM CST MON NOV 09 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY.
EASTERLY WINDS WILL SLOWLY INCREASE TONIGHT. BY LATER TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY...ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED EASTERLY
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH SOME 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. A FEW TREE LIMBS OR WEAKER
SMALLER TREES MAY FALL DUE TO THESE WINDS. PLEASE EXERCISE EXTRA
CAUTION.
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