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    Tuesday, November 30, 2004
      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: FFABMX
    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:

    WGUS64 KBMX 301006
    FFABMX
    ALZ011>015-017>027-302030-

    BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    FLOOD WATCH
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
    404 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2004

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
    AREAS OF PICKENS...SHELBY...TUSCALOOSA...TALLADEGA...JEFFERSON...
    FAYETTE...CLEBURNE...CALHOUN...ST. CLAIR...WALKER...LAMAR...ETOWAH...
    BLOUNT...WINSTON...MARION AND CHEROKEE. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
    MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY MORNING.

    THE AREA OF THE WATCH IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALICEVILLE TO
    TUSCALOOSA...ALABASTER...TALLADEGA...AND HEFLIN...INCLUDING THE
    INTERSTATE 20 AND 59 CORRIDORS EAST OF TUSCALOOSA...AS WELL AS
    INTERSTATE 459. LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE: BEXAR...
    SULLIGENT...ALICEVILLE...FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...
    TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER... ONEONTA...PELL CITY...
    TALLADEGA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...AND HEFLIN.

    MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A SLOW
    MOVING COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO
    EAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH AREAS OF RAIN MOVING NORTH ALONG AND
    AHEAD OF THE FRONT. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REPEATEDLY
    TRACK NORTHWARD AS THE FRONT MOVES EASTWARD...WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF
    STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY
    RAINFALL. HEAVIER RAINFALL SHOULD AFFECT THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF
    INTERSTATE 65 THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT TO
    AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING
    HOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED...BUT
    LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL ARE POSSIBLE.

    MANY LOCATIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED RECORD
    OR NEAR RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER...WITH
    MUCH OF THE RAINFALL BEING RECORDED WITHIN THE LAST 7 TO 10 DAYS.
    THE GROUND OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA IS NEARLY SATURATED.
    ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY AND CAUSE CREEKS AND
    STREAMS TO FILL QUICKLY...AND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

    A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND
    OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
    WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR
    IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH
    FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

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

    $$

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