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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

717 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH

MONDAY AFTERNOON…

.HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED AS TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE MAKES

LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND MOVES NORTHWEST ACROSS

SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

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PERRY-CHILTON-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-

BULLOCK-PIKE-BARBOUR-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MARION…CLANTON…SELMA…PRATTVILLE…

FORT DEPOSIT…HAYNEVILLE…WETUMPKA…TALLASSEE…MONTGOMERY…

TUSKEGEE…UNION SPRINGS…TROY…EUFAULA

717 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH

MONDAY AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA…EAST

CENTRAL ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE

FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…AUTAUGA…CHILTON…

DALLAS…ELMORE…LOWNDES…MONTGOMERY AND PERRY. IN EAST

CENTRAL ALABAMA…MACON. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA…BARBOUR…

BULLOCK AND PIKE.

* FROM 4 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* AS TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF

CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH TOMORROW

AFTERNOON…RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AS MULTIPLE RAINBANDS CONTINUE

TO ROTATE ACROSS THE AREA…SEVERAL WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE

EXPECTED THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WATCH.

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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