The challenge this weekend maybe finding clear water!!



Severe Watches and Warnings for MADISON
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1150 AM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST...AND BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 4 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...
LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARS HALL AND MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN AND MOORE.

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF
4 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT.

* RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL PRODUCE RISES IN MANY TENNESSEE VALLEY STREAMS AND RIVERS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...AS WELL AS AN INSTANCE OR TWO OF FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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