WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 246 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 200 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 2 AM CST
FRIDAY...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY. THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...
SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH 45
MPH GUSTS EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS THIS
STRONG MAY TOPPLE TREES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...
OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS
REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 114 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
110 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
110 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY MORNING WELL AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH BY
THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY
TOPPLE TREES...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
IN ADDITION TO THE WIND THREAT...ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF
RAINFALL ARE LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING.
GIVEN THE SHORT DURATION OF A RELATIVELY HIGH AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AND
ALREADY WET SOILS...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
TENNESSEE VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THUNDERSTORMS
POTENTIALLY EXACERBATING THE STRONG WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT.
AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA EARLY CHRISTMAS
MORNING...THE WIND AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL SUBSIDE...BUT THERE
MAY BE A RIVER FLOODING THREAT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 336 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
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.
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA BY
CHRISTMAS EVE. ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL BE A LINE OF HEAVY
RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN DOES NOT LOOK TO
LAST FOR A PARTICULARLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME...IT WILL BE QUITE
HEAVY WHILE IT LASTS...WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. EXPECT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
ALSO WITH RECENT HEAVY RAIN AND WET GROUND CONDITIONS...ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE CHANCE OF RIVER
FLOODING THAT COULD LAST INTO THIS WEEKEND.
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.
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