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.
National Weather Service Issues Flash Flood Watch For Cherokee County
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