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Flash Flood Watch
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
306 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AS ANOTHER SYSTEM
MAY SLIDE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...

.AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA BETWEEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NOON SATURDAY. THIS RESULTED
IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS
BEEN A LULL IN THE RAIN SINCE AROUND NOON SATURDAY...THERE IS A
CHANCE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY SLIDE DOWN FROM
THE NORTH THROUGH 7 PM. WITH GROUND CONDITIONS ALREADY SATURATED
FROM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY`S RAIN...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS OR
STORMS COULD LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING.

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TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...
LANETT...LAFAYETTE...AUBURN...OPELIKA
306 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

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CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-CLAY-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...ASHLAND...
ROANOKE
306 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CALHOUN...CLAY...CLEBURNE AND RANDOLPH. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
   CHEROKEE.

* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING

* PRIOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA HAS SATURATED THE
  GROUND. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THAT DEVELOPS IN THE WATCH
  AREA MAY QUICKLY LEAD TO MORE 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.

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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
