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Flash Flood Watch
ALZ017>021-024>029-036>038-043>048-190400-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.A.0004.130518T1557Z-130519T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-
ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-
ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...
HEFLIN...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...
LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...
UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY
1057 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...BLOUNT...
COOSA...ELMORE...JEFFERSON...MONTGOMERY...SHELBY...ST. CLAIR
AND TALLADEGA. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...
CLAY...CLEBURNE...LEE...MACON...RANDOLPH...RUSSELL AND
TALLAPOOSA. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...BULLOCK.

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA HAS SATURATED THE GROUND
AND THE ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS WOULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
WITH ANY ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OVER AREAS ALREADY
IMPACTED BY 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.

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Flood Warning
ALC007-073-117-191349-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130520T0824Z/
/CHGA1.1.ER.130518T2022Z.130519T0600Z.130519T2024Z.NO/
849 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.
* UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.2 FEET BY
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT . THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON .
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...WATER OVERFLOWS THE YARDS OF SOME HOMES
NEAR THE RIVER.

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