Flash Flood Watch Until 1 AM

…A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IF IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM 10 AM UNTIL 7 PM
SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM 10 AM SATURDAY UNTIL 1 AM SUNDAY…

.AN EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IS IN PLACE AHEAD OF
A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER
THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WITH SATURATED SOILS FROM
PREVIOUS RAINFALL AND THE PROSPECT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT…FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH
OF THE AREA.

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MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-BIBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…SULLIGENT…VERNON…
FAYETTE…DOUBLE SPRINGS…JASPER…CARROLLTON…TUSCALOOSA…
CENTREVILLE
415 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…NORTHWEST
ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS…IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…BIBB AND WALKER. IN NORTHWEST
ALABAMA…MARION AND WINSTON. IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
FAYETTE…LAMAR…PICKENS AND TUSCALOOSA.

* FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA LATER TODAY…HEAVY
  RAIN IS LIKELY FROM THE MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
  LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING THREE INCHES AS THE SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

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

WVUA-TV’s Richard Scott