8/25/08 Flood Watches Posted for Our Area

From the National Weather Service:

TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS MORNING...IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN
  CENTRAL ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK
  NORTHEAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY WEDNESDAY. OUTER
  SPIRAL FEEDER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL  CONTINUE  TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING TODAY.

HEAVY  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ROTATING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF FAY  FROM THE GULF INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST  CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE  POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN... POSSIBLY IN AS  LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY  RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE RAINFALL CORE  ASSOCIATED WITH FAY TRACKS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* RAINFALL UP TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH
  AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUCH RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF
  CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS
  WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND
  URBAN AREAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES...
ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF
YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE
READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS ISSUED.

See you soon,

Brian