On Wednesday at 2:17 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a flood watch valid from noon until Friday midnight for Cleburne, Clay, Randolph, Perry, Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Marengo, Dallas, Autauga, Lowndes, Elmore, Montgomery, Macon and Lee counties. The weather service says, “Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.”