... Flash Flood Watch in effect through Sunday afternoon...
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Alabama... east
central Alabama... northeast Alabama and southeast Alabama...
including the following areas... in central Alabama... Blount...
Coosa... Elmore... Jefferson... Montgomery... Shelby... St. Clair
and Talladega. In east central Alabama... Calhoun... Chambers...
Clay... Cleburne... Lee... Macon... Randolph... Russell and
Tallapoosa. In northeast Alabama... Cherokee and Etowah. In
southeast Alabama... Bullock.
* Through Sunday afternoon
* heavy rainfall across eastern Alabama has saturated the ground
and the antecedent conditions would result in flash flooding
with any additional redevelopment and training over areas already
impacted by flooding.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should flash flood warnings be issued.
