* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVERAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA, LIMESTONE. IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA, COLBERT, LAUDERDALE AND LAWRENCE.

* WHEN...UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - AT 503 PM CDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING NEAR KILLEN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. - ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. - SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FLORENCE, ATHENS, MUSCLE SHOALS, SHEFFIELD, TUSCUMBIA, ROGERSVILLE, ARDMORE, KILLEN, TOWN CREEK, LEXINGTON, LEIGHTON, COURTLAND, ST. FLORIAN, TANNER, UNDERWOOD- PETERSVILLE, NORTH COURTLAND, HILLSBORO, ELKMONT, ANDERSON AND LESTER.