Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
146 PM CST SAT DEC 22 1990

 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 600 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA...
 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY...
 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR..PICKENS..FAYETTE
 ..WALKER..MARION..WINSTON AND CULLMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM...

AT 144 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST
WEST OF SUMTER COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOURS.
THIS STROM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG WINDS..AND LIGHTNING
AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SUMTER COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING IN THE COUNTIES OF LAMAR NEAR THE CITY OF
MILLPORT AND IN FAYETTE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF WINFIELD.

SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A THREAT THROUGHOUT TODAY SO PERSONS ARE URGED TO
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.

ALZ004>009-011-013-222145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
245 PM CST SAT DEC 22 1990

 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 600 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA...
 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY...
 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR..PICKENS..FAYETTE
 ..WALKER..MARION..WINSTON AND CULLMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM...

AT 243 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA. MOST OF THE
HEAVY RAIN AT 243 WAS WEST OF THE CITIES OF ONEONTA...BIRMINGHAM...AND
CENTREVILLE...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS NEAR FAYETTE...NORTHWEST OF
ALICEVILLE...AND JUST NORTH OF GAINSVILLE.

ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. SEVERE
WEATHER REMAINS A THREAT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA...SO PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL
WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSGSIBLE WARNINGS.

ALZ004>009-011-013-230000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
455 PM CST SAT DEC 22 1990

 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 600 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA...
 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN...WESTERN AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT...

AT 455 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN CULLMAN
COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF SMITH DAM...AND IN SOUTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY.
OTHER HEAVY RAINS...WITH POSSIBLE THUNDER...WERE OCCURING NEAR
DEMOPOLIS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH.

ALZ004>009-011-013-230600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 PM CST SAT DEC 22 1990

 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA HAS EXPIRED...
 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN...WESTERN AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT...

MODERATE RAIN WITH FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COVER A LARGE PORTION OF
NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND WESTERN ALABAMA.  THE RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER
THE FLOOD WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.

WHILE THE RAIN CONTINUES...THE STRENGTH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
STATE HAVE WEAKENED.  WHILE NO PORTION OF ALABAMA REMAINS UNDER A
TORNADO WATCH...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

sALABAMIANS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.