URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
308 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA MONDAY...

.A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON MONDAY.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 1-2 INCH
RANGE WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL IN
AREAS WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...BIRMINGHAM...
HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER
308 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...NORTHWEST 
  ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...BLOUNT...JEFFERSON...SHELBY AND 
  WALKER. IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...MARION AND WINSTON. IN WEST 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA...FAYETTE AND LAMAR. 

* FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* A LINE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
  AREA WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1-2 INCHES AND ISOLATED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* SATURATED SOILS FROM RAINFALL LATE LAST WEEK ALONG WITH
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF AREA
  ROADWAYS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND URBAN SMALL STREAMS.

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.

ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-
RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE
308 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST 
  CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...ST. CLAIR AND 
  TALLADEGA. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...CALHOUN...CLAY...CLEBURNE 
  AND RANDOLPH. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. 

* FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* A LINE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
  AREA WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1-2 INCHES AND ISOLATED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* SATURATED SOILS FROM RAINFALL LATE LAST WEEK ALONG WITH
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF AREA
  ROADWAYS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND URBAN SMALL STREAMS.

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.