...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...CULLMAN...DEKALB...JACKSON...MADISON... MARSHALL AND MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN AND MOORE. * THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * MOISTURE RICH AIR WILL FLOW TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND AS A RESULT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE REGION. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS... LEADING TO AN INITIAL THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. URBAN LOCATIONS AND THOSE IN DEEP VALLEYS WILL SEE THE GREATEST INITIAL FLASH FLOOD THREAT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AND LEAD TO INCREASING CHANCES OF AREAL FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * URBAN AREAS IN ADDITION TO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY SEE RAPID RISES IN WATER...LEADING TO FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THE LONG DURATION OF EXPECTED RAINFALL THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK MAY LEAD TO EXPANDING FLOODING POTENTIAL ALONG WATERWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && MC
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:01:11 +0000