Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Birmingham, AL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1020 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEDOWEE...ROANOKE...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 1018 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
TENNANT...  R.L. HARRIS DAM...OFELIA...NAPOLEON...BI SPRINGS... 
MALONE...WEDAHADKEE CREEK...HIGH PINE CREEK...JACK BRANCH AND TOWN 
CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES  ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3333 8564 3334 8528 3312 8524 3312 8565

$$

12/SIRMON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
638 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009

.UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

COLD FRONT NORTHWEST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT INTO THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND BY 12Z SUNDAY MORNING
WILL BE LOCATED VERY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 20/59 CORRIDOR.  FRONT
WILL THEN SHIFT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS ON SUNDAY WITH MUCH
DRIER AIR EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY NIGHT.

FOR TODAY...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING
WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
AIR MASS VERY UNSTABLE AND MODELS INDICATE INCREASING UPWARD
VERTICAL MOTION AFTER 18Z.  SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE WITH
GUSTY WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT.  HIGHEST POPS TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS
THE NORTH-CENTRAL SECTIONS IN VICINITY OF THE FRONT...THEN ACROSS
THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY.  ONCE AGAIN SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE
TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY...ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS PERSIST FOR
ANY LENGTH OF TIME.  HIGHS TODAY IN THE 80S...LOWS TONIGHT UPPER
50S NORTHWEST TO MIDDLE 60S SOUTHEAST.  HIGHS SUNDAY 65 TO 70 NORTH
AND IN THE 70S SOUTH.  LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT MUCH COOLER WITH 40S NORTH
AND 50S SOUTH.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO AND ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY BRINGING MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR.  WORK WEEK WILL START
OFF WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL WITH A GRADUAL WARMING
TREND THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.  IN FACT SOME LOWS IN THE 40S CAN
BE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE NORTH MONDAY NIGHT.  TIME FRAME
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BRINGS A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY FOR NOW.  LOW
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE EASTERN GULF AND GRADUALLY DEEPEN
AND SHIFT WEST-NORTHWEST.  THIS WILL BRING A MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS.  FOR NOW WILL BE KEEP POPS IN THE
SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE CATEGORY AND WAIT FOR BETTER MODEL
AGREEMENT.

&&

.AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION.

LOW CLOUDS ARE QUICKLY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. MOST
SITES SHOULD SEE CEILINGS BETWEEN 700 AND 1500 FEET AT LEAST THROUGH
15Z. CEILINGS WILL SLOWLY LIFT SHORTLY AFTER. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEY
CAN OCCUR AT ANY GIVEN TIME SO IT IS REALLY HARD TO PIN DOWN AN
ACTUAL TIMING. AS A RESULT...WILL KEEP VCTS INSTEAD OF PREVAILING IN
THE FORECAST. LOW CLOUDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A PROBLEM LATER
TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 06Z.

10/ARM

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
554 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009

ALZ011>015-017>050-171054-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
554 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
BETWEEN NOON AND 10 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM EUTAW...CLANTON...ALEXANDER
CITY AND LAFAYETTE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.