Alabama Early This Afternoon

Alabama has been rain-free most of today.

However, early this afternoon a large area of very heavy rain was over South Arkansas and NW Mississippi was advancing eastward.

We are destined to get a lot more rain.

Welcome to Alabama.

We need more rain. We love rain.

Here is the full text of the latest Flash Flood Watch for our area:

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
906 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

.LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT FROM WEST TO EAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE
20 CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WITH SATURATED SOILS FROM
PREVIOUS RAINFALL AND THE PROSPECT OF ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN…ANY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
PROBLEMS.

MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-BIBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…SULLIGENT…VERNON…
FAYETTE…DOUBLE SPRINGS…JASPER…ONEONTA…GADSDEN…
ANNISTON…CENTRE…HEFLIN…CARROLLTON…TUSCALOOSA…
BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…COLUMBIANA…PELHAM…ALABASTER…
PELL CITY…MOODY…TALLADEGA…SYLACAUGA…ASHLAND…ROANOKE…
LIVINGSTON…EUTAW…GREENSBORO…MOUNDVILLE…CENTREVILLE
906 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…BIBB…BLOUNT…
JEFFERSON…SHELBY…ST. CLAIR…TALLADEGA AND WALKER. IN EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA… CALHOUN…CLAY…CLEBURNE AND RANDOLPH. IN
NORTHEAST ALABAMA… CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN NORTHWEST
ALABAMA…MARION AND WINSTON. IN WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA…FAYETTE…GREENE…HALE… LAMAR…PICKENS…SUMTER
AND TUSCALOOSA.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS SATURATED SOILS
AND FILLED AREA STREAMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. AN ADDITIONAL
TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS…ARE
POSSIBLE AS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADS INTO CENTRAL
ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT AND MOVES EASTWARD THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY
ON WEDNESDAY.

* ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CREATE RAPID RUNOFF
CONDITIONS THAT WILL CAUSE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS TO OVERFLOW
THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE…ESPECIALLY AROUND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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.

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