...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA... CULLMAN...DEKALB...JACKSON...MADISON...MARSHALL AND MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN AND MOORE. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * MOISTURE RICH AIR WILL FLOW TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST WILL LEAD TO REPEATED ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS...LEADING TO AN INITIAL THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. URBAN LOCATIONS AND THOSE IN DEEP VALLEYS WILL SEE THE GREATEST INITIAL FLASH FLOOD THREAT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AND LEAD TO INCREASING CHANCES OF AREAL FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE OF UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * URBAN AREAS IN ADDITION TO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY SEE RAPID RISES IN WATER...LEADING TO FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THE LONG DURATION OF EXPECTED RAINFALL THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK MAY LEAD TO EXPANDING FLOODING POTENTIAL ALONG WATERWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 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 AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && MC
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 08:42:10 +0000
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