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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1208 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2026
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MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-ELMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAFAYETTE, TALLASSEE, FAYETTE, HAMILTON,
VERNON, TALLADEGA, CLANTON, JASPER, LANETT, CENTREVILLE, DOUBLE
SPRINGS, LINDEN, ROANOKE, ANNISTON, ALABASTER, TUSCALOOSA, EUTAW,
ALEXANDER CITY, GREENSBORO, GADSDEN, PELHAM, MOUNDVILLE, MARION,
HEFLIN, LIVINGSTON, VALLEY, DEMOPOLIS, SELMA, WETUMPKA,
COLUMBIANA, CARROLLTON, ROCKFORD, ONEONTA, MOODY, HOOVER,
DADEVILLE, CENTRE, SULLIGENT, PELL CITY, SYLACAUGA, ASHLAND,
PRATTVILLE, AND BIRMINGHAM
1208 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2026
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, AUTAUGA, BIBB, BLOUNT, CALHOUN, CHAMBERS, CHEROKEE,
CHILTON, CLAY, CLEBURNE, COOSA, DALLAS, ELMORE, ETOWAH, FAYETTE,
GREENE, HALE, JEFFERSON, LAMAR, MARENGO, MARION, PERRY, PICKENS,
RANDOLPH, SHELBY, ST. CLAIR, SUMTER, TALLADEGA, TALLAPOOSA,
TUSCALOOSA, WALKER AND WINSTON.
* WHEN...FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL IS FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA, WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING
FIVE INCHES LOCALLY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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