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    Tuesday, September 14, 2004
      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: FFABHM
    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WGUS64 KBMX 142133
    FFABHM
    ALZ011>015-017>050-151000-

    BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    FLOOD WATCH
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
    432 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004


    ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA STARTING WEDNESDAY
    NIGHT...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
    WATCH...FOR FLASH FLOODING...FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
    STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HURRICANE IVAN IS EXPECTED TO MAKE
    LANDFALL AROUND MOBILE THURSDAY MORNING AND TRACK ACROSS
    WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND PASS BETWEEN TUSCALOOSA AND
    BIRMINGHAM BY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN CONTINUING NORTHEASTWARD
    AND WEAKENING TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION STATUS BY FRIDAY
    EVENING.

    A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG
    AND SOUTH OF A LINE FR0M LIVINGSTON...TO GREENSBORO...PRATTVILLE
    AND TROY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS IVAN MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...PERIODS OF
    HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
    OR MORE FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.

    A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF
    CENTRAL ALABAMA STARTING THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
    6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
    THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT.

    A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPIDLY
    RISING WATERS AND FLOODING...IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE
    IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED
    ...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...OR
    IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

    MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES...AT NIGHT...AS DRIVERS
    UNDERESTIMATE THE FORCE AND POWER OF WATER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO
    ...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN...WHEN ENCOUNTERING ROAD BARRIERS WARNING
    YOU OF FLOODED ROADS...OR WHEN ENCOUNTERING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

    STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
    DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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