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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1030 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS 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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CLAY-RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-LEE-RUSSELL-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ASHLAND…ROANOKE…ROCKFORD…

ALEXANDER CITY…DADEVILLE…VALLEY…LANETT…LAFAYETTE…

AUBURN…OPELIKA…PHENIX CITY

1030 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AND

EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN

CENTRAL ALABAMA…COOSA. IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…CHAMBERS…

CLAY…LEE…RANDOLPH…RUSSELL AND TALLAPOOSA.

* UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON

* AS TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF

CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY…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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