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Alabama, Russell

Flash Flood Watch

Statement as of 10:31 PM CST on March 10, 2010

Expires 7:00 AM EST on March 11, 2010


... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 6 am CST Thursday...

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.

* Until 6 am CST Thursday

* several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected through
the remainder of tonight. Additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches
is expected. The heaviest rainfall during the past 24 hours has
been in a band from Bibb County and across Shelby... Talladega...
Calhoun and Cleburne counties... where 4 to 6 inches has fallen.
Widespread flooding has occured in Shelby and Talladega
counties. Many creeks are swollen and out of their banks.

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.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize
the dangers of floods and flash floods.





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Florida - Flood Warning , Areal Flood Watch , Coastal Flood Statement , Lake Wind Advisory
Georgia - Flood Warning , Areal Flood Watch , Dense Fog Advisory
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Indiana - Public Information Statement
Iowa - Flood Warning , Areal Flood Advisory , Flash Flood Watch , Dense Fog Advisory , Hydrologic Statement
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Louisiana - Flood Warning , Dense Fog Advisory
Maryland - Areal Flood Watch
Massachusetts - Special Weather Statement
Michigan - Special Weather Statement
Minnesota - Flood Watch , Dense Fog Advisory , Record Report
Mississippi - Tornado Watch , Severe Thunderstorm Warning , Flood Warning , Flash Flood Warning , Dense Fog Advisory
Missouri - Flood Warning , Public Information Statement
Montana - Winter Weather Statement , Record Report
Nebraska - Flood Warning , Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning , Areal Flood Warning , Areal Flood Warning , Areal Flood Advisory , Wind Advisory , Winter Storm Warning , Record Report , Public Information Statement
Nevada - Special Weather Statement , Record Report , Public Information Statement
New Hampshire - Special Weather Statement
New Mexico - Winter Weather Advisory , Winter Storm Warning
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Ohio - Flood Warning , Areal Flood Watch
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Pennsylvania - Areal Flood Watch
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Tennessee - Tornado Watch , Severe Thunderstorm Warning , Flash Flood Warning , Areal Flood Advisory , Special Weather Statement
Texas - Flood Warning , Wind Advisory , Dense Fog Advisory , Fire Weather Warning , Public Information Statement
Utah - Record Report , Public Information Statement
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Wyoming - Winter Weather Advisory , Record Report , Public Information Statement