Flash Flood Watch – Area Wide – Into Monday

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
323 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

…EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY…

A VERY SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT IS SETTING UP ACROSS
ALABAMA FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. AVERAGE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREAS WILL BE 4 TO 7 INCHES. LOW-LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY FLOOD…AS WELL AS AREAS THAT DO NOT TYPICALLY HAVE FLOOD PROBLEMS. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN A LONG PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL… ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL 1:30 P.M. MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: MARION, LAMAR, FAYETTE, WINSTON, WALKER, PICKENS, TUSCALOOSA, SUMTER & GREENE. INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HAMILTON, SULLIGENT, VERNON, FAYETTE, DOUBLE SPRINGS, JASPER, CARROLLTON, TUSCALOOSA, LIVINGSTON & EUTAW.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL 7:00 P.M. MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: AUTAUGA, BIBB, BLOUNT, CHILTON, COOSA, DALLAS, ELMORE, JEFFERSON, LOWNDES, MONTGOMERY, PERRY, SHELBY, ST. CLAIR, TALLADEGA, CALHOUN, CHAMBERS, CLAY, CLEBURNE, RANDOLPH, TALLAPOOSA, CHEROKEE, ETOWAH, HALE AND MARENGO.

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* A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA BEGINNING AS EARLY AS NOON ON SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS…ENDING AT NOON ON MONDAY… ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 4 TO 7 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY CREATE SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.

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.

Robert Stevenson
WVUA Weather