Flash Flood Watch For Parts Of The Tennessee Valley

by Roger Murphy
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flash flood featuredTHE TENNESSEE VALLEY-Flash Flood Watch for Colbert, AL, Lauderdale, AL;  Colbert, AL;  Franklin, AL;  Lawrence, AL;  Limestone, AL;  Madison, AL;  Morgan, AL; Marshall, AL;  Jackson, AL;  De Kalb, AL;  Cullman, AL;  Moore, TN;  Lincoln, TN;  Franklin, TN

From 4:00 PM CDT, Mon., Apr 28, 2014 until 7:00 AM CDT, Tue., Apr 29, 2014  Issued by The National Weather Service Huntsville, AL.

… 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.

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