NWS info LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 506 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS INITIAL LINE. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING AND ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO MONDAY EVENING. ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING. A FEW STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THE THREAT FOR AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY DUE TO THE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ONE FINAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ALONG A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ KDW Flash Flood Watch FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 413 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-282100- /O.EXT.KHUN.FF.A.0002.140428T2100Z-140429T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 413 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...COLBERT...CULLMAN... DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE... LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL AND MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN AND MOORE. * FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * A SLOW MOVING STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING...WITH A MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS...LOCATIONS IN LOW LYING AREAS OR IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING. SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME OVERWHELMED WITH THIS MUCH RAINFALL IN THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 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.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:24:08 +0000
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