ABC 33/40 EWARN: FFAMOB

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WGUS64 KMOB 090404 CCA
FFAMOB
ALZ051-052-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1100 PM CDT FRI OCT 8 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE ALABAMA HAS CONTINUED 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...A RATHER COMPLICATED WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE WESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO...WITH TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW OVER THE WESTERN GULF
AND A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE STORM. THE
AREA OF RAIN...AT TIMES HEAVY WILL SPREAD NORTH TOWARD THE CENTRAL
GULF COAST AS THE TROPICAL STORM MOVES EAST-NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND
THEN NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SATURDAY MORNING.

IN TOTAL...THIS EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...POSSIBLY INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT
ALABAMA COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE WEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATER TONIGHT. THE
DURATION OF THIS EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE PROLONGED...
DEPENDING ON THE TRACK AND SPEED OF THE SURFACE SYSTEMS.

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 AROUND 5
AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING.

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