Watches/warnings

We are now under flash flood and high wind warnings.

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
	...FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 356 AM CDT MON SEP 6 2004 ... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES LEE... MACON... RUSSELL... BULLOCK... PIKE... ... AND BARBOUR COUNTIES. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AUBURN... OPELIKA... TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS ... PHENIX CITY... EUFAULA... AND TROY. HEAVY RAIN BANDS... ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL SYSTEM FRANCES... WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TONIGHT. THE CENTER OF FRANCES IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THIS AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THE REMNANTS OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA... WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE ALABAMA GEORGIA STATELINE. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVY RAINS WILL TRACK... SO THESE TOTALS MAY GO UP OR DOWN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND FLOODING... IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA... CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... KEEP INFORMED ... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES... AT NIGHT... AS DRIVERS UNDERESTIMATE THE FORCE AND POWER OF WATER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO ... TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN... WHEN ENCOUNTERING ROAD BARRIERS WARNING YOU OF FLOODED ROADS... OR WHEN ENCOUNTERING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH....