Flash flood warning issued

Published 3:43 pm Wednesday, March 25, 2009

…FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL…

.AFTER RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS A GOOD

PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…ANOTHER SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP

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WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER LOUISIANA AND TRACK OVER CENTRAL

MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN ALABAMA…BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF

ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA BY LATE THURSDAY

MORNING. THIS EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO SWELL

RIVERS AND CREEKS CREATING A FLASH FLOOD HAZARD THAT WILL BEGIN

AROUND 10 PM CDT AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING

THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…EAST

CENTRAL ALABAMA…NORTHEAST ALABAMA…NORTHWEST ALABAMA…

SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE

FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…AUTAUGA…BIBB…

BLOUNT…CHILTON…COOSA…DALLAS…ELMORE…JEFFERSON…

LOWNDES…MONTGOMERY…PERRY…SHELBY…ST. CLAIR…TALLADEGA

AND WALKER. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…CALHOUN…CHAMBERS…

CLAY…CLEBURNE…LEE…MACON…RANDOLPH…RUSSELL AND

TALLAPOOSA. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA…CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH. IN

NORTHWEST ALABAMA…MARION AND WINSTON. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…

BARBOUR…BULLOCK AND PIKE. IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

FAYETTE…GREENE…HALE…LAMAR…MARENGO…PICKENS…SUMTER

AND TUSCALOOSA.

* FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* ANOTHER SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER

LOUISIANA AND TRACK OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN

ALABAMA.

* WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVING ALREADY FALLEN…ANOTHER 2 TO

3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THURSDAY

MORNING WILL CREATE A FLASH FLOOD CONCERN ON RIVERS…CREEKS AND

LOW LYING AREAS.