606 FPUS74 KBMX 300027 NOWBHM SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 724 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 2002 ALZ011-013-300105- FAYETTE-MARION- 724 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 2002 .NOW... SHOWERS...WITH STRONG...EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF MARION...AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM FROM HAMILTON...TO PEARCES MILL... TWIN...GUIN...WAYSIDE...AND GLEN ALLEN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY. AS THE STORMS CONTINUE OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...EXPECT CONTINUED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... && STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND OVERFLOWING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES. $$