ABC 33/40 EWARN: FFAMOB

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WGUS64 KMOB 081728 CCA
FFAMOB
ALZ051-052-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-082300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED A FEW TYPOS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1227 PM CDT FRI OCT 8 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WASHINGTON...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND MOBILE
COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE
COUNTIES.

.SYNOPSIS...AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN GULF
OF MEXICO TODAY AND MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST...HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD
OVER INLAND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA THIS
EVENING.

IN TOTAL...THIS EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF OUR REGION. ALSO...THE
DURATION OF THIS EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE PROLONGED...
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK AND SPEED OF THE SURFACE LOW.

ONCE THE RAINFALL BEGINS OVER OUR REGION THIS EVENING...BE PREPARED
FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT INLAND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA MAY NOT SEE AN END TO THE RAIN UNTIL MIDDAY
SUNDAY. WHILE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL WILL BE COMMON
...ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES MAY OCCUR WHERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME COUNTY...OR GROUP OF COUNTIES.

IF THE SURFACE LOW PASSES TO THE WEST OF THE WATCH AREA...THE EVENT
HEAVY RAINFALL DURATION MAY BE AS LONG AS 36 TO 48 HOURS. IF THE
SURFACE LOW PASSES CLOSER TO OR OVER THE WATCH AREA...RAINFALL
DURATION WILL BE LESSER OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS BUT THE FLOOD
WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FARTHER EASTWARD TO INCLUDE THE
EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. STAY TUNED AS THIS SITUATION EVOLVES.

THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE THE MOST PROLONGED RAIN EVENT SINCE SEPTEMBER
16TH...WHICH IS WHEN HURRICANE IVAN MADE LANDFALL IN OUR AREA. FOR
THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED ROOF DAMAGE TO THEIR HOUSES ...PREPARATIONS
SHOULD BE NEARING AND END.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER
GROUND SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR FROM DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS AND
WHEN CHILDREN PLAY IN AND AROUND RISING WATERS.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED FLOOD STATEMENT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 PM
CDT THIS EVENING.

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