Expires:201305200000;Remove:201305200000;392182 WGUS64 KBMX 192006 FFABMX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 306 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY SLIDE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NOON SATURDAY. THIS RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A LULL IN THE RAIN SINCE AROUND NOON SATURDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY SLIDE DOWN FROM THE NORTH THROUGH 7 PM. WITH GROUND CONDITIONS ALREADY SATURATED FROM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY'S RAIN...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING. ALZ019>021-028-029-200000- /O.EXT.KBMX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130520T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-CLAY-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...ASHLAND... ROANOKE 306 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... CALHOUN...CLAY...CLEBURNE AND RANDOLPH. IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA... CHEROKEE. * UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING * PRIOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA HAS SATURATED THE GROUND. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THAT DEVELOPS IN THE WATCH AREA MAY QUICKLY LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING. 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. && $$