National Weather Service Alerts for Elkmont, AL

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  Flash Flood Watch

  Now - Thursday, Aug 8, 7:00am

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH 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...MARSHALL AND MORGAN. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN AND MOORE.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* SEVERAL EPISODES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE CONTINUOUS...AND BREAKS IN THE PRECIPITATION WILL ALLOW FOR SOME RECOVERY BETWEEN THE CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. HOWEVER...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED WITH EACH ROUND OF PRECIPITATION AND THIS COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS VERY FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES...AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS.