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    Monday, July 11, 2005
      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Watch

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WGUS64 KBMX 110900
    FFABMX
    ALZ011>015-017>029-034>038-041>050-112000-

    BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    FLOOD WATCH
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
    400 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

    ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT TODAY...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
    FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

    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...AND WINSTON.

    WEAKENING TROPICAL DEPRESSION DENNIS...MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST ACROSS
    EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE
    STATE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, TROPICAL FEEDER BANDS WILL CONTINUE
    TO ROTATE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE TODAY...AND ALONG WITH
    DAYTIME HEATING...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
    RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES COULD FALL VERY RAPIDLY OVER
    THE WATCH AREA...WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN WELL SATURATED FROM THE
    EFFECTS OF DENNIS AND PREVIOUS TROPICAL STROM CINDY. ANY ADDITIONAL
    HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH
    FLOODING.

    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...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF
    FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

    PERSONS LIVING ALONG LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND NEAR SMALL
    STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
    DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

    STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
    DETAILS OR UPDATES. UPDATES TO THIS FLOODING SITUATION WILL BE FOUND
    UNDER HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS (BHMHLSBMX).

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