Alabama - (Shelby/ALZ025) - Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Alabama Issued by the National Weather Service

Flood Warning - Shelby (Alabama)

EASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CENTREVILLE...BRENT...
CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JEMISON...CLANTON...
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILSONVILLE...PELHAM...MONTEVALLO...
HELENA...COLUMBIANA...CHELSEA...CALERA...ALABASTER...
COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEOGUFKA...STEWARTVILLE...ROCKFORD...
KELLYTON...GOODWATER...
WESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TALLADEGA SPRINGS...SYLACAUGA...
CHILDERSBURG...

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1016 AM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO
AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS AND
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3283 8601 3266 8701 3283 8701 3285 8719
3319 8718 3325 8705 3325 8698 3333 8690
3354 8649 3351 8649 3351 8638 3340 8638
3351 8628 3351 8620 3331 8610 3321 8612
3320 8617 3311 8617 3311 8602

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Flash Flood Watch - Shelby (Alabama)
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

ALZ011>015-017>050-110600-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-100311T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...
ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...
BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...
CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...
VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...
PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...
MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...
PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA
1142 AM CST WED MAR 10 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. IN
ADDITION TO ONGOING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
AREA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TO OUR WEST AND
SOUTH WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND
SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN A RATHER SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER
CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN
BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER MINUTES WHEN HEAVY RAINS
OCCUR.

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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