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    Monday, August 29, 2005
      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Flash Flood Watch

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WGUS64 KBMX 291012
    FFABMX

    URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    FLOOD WATCH
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
    512 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

    ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY EVENING...

    ALZ011>015-017>050-291815-
    MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
    CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
    TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
    COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
    MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
    INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...VERNON...FAYETTE...
    DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...
    HEFLIN...PICKENSVILLE...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...
    COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...ASHVILLE...
    TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...
    GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...
    ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...
    LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...
    FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...
    TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...
    TROY...EUFAULA
    512 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

    ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY
    EVENING...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

    * FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA...

    * FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY EVENING

    * HURRICANE KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR NEW ORLEANS
    LOUISIANA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHWARD
    INTO MISSISSIPPI...NEAR THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE
    THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AS IT IS WITH MOST TROPICAL
    SYSTEMS...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE
    TRACK. AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 COULD RECEIVE 3 TO 6 INCHES
    WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 7 TO 8 INCHES. AREAS
    EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 COULD RECEIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2
    TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES.

    A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
    CURRENT FORECASTS.

    YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
    FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
    PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

    $$

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