Thursday, July 4, 2013

TOO MUCH RAIN?

National Weather Service Alerts for Elkmont, AL


  • Flash Flood Warning

    Flash Flood Warning

    Now - Thursday, Jul 4, 6:00pm
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... LINCOLN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN MOORE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 1147 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN LIMESTONE...WESTERN MADISON COUNTIES AND LINCOLN TENNESSEE. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LIMESTONE...WESTERN MADISON COUNTIES MOST OF LINCOLN TN.

  • Areal Flood Watch

    Areal Flood Watch

    Now - Friday, Jul 5, 7:00pm
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...LIMESTONE. IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...COLBERT... FRANKLIN AL...LAUDERDALE AND LAWRENCE.

* MOISTURE RICH AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND AS A RESULT...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS...LEADING TO AN INITIAL THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. URBAN LOCATIONS AND THOSE IN DEEP VALLEYS WILL SEE THE GREATEST INITIAL FLASH FLOODING THREAT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AND LEAD TO INCREASING CHANCES OF AREAL FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS

* URBAN AREAS IN ADDITION TO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY SEE RAPID RISES IN WATER...LEADING TO FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THE LONG DURATION OF EXPECTED RAINFALL THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK MAY LEAD TO EXPANDING FLOODING POTENTIAL ALONG WATERWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

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