ABC 33/40 EWARN: FFAMOB

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WGUS64 KMOB 092052
FFAMOB
ALZ051-052-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101000-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 PM CDT SAT OCT 9 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...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW IS FORECASTED TO MOVE INLAND OVER
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ON SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
WELL EAST AND NORTH OF THE APPROACHING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
NORTHWARD OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY.

IN TOTAL...THIS EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
MAINLY THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. HEAVY RAINS COULD
POSSIBLY MOVE INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT ALABAMA
COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY...AND A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THOSE AREAS LATER TONIGHT. THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE PROLONGED...DEPENDING ON THE TRACK AND
SPEED OF TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW OR IT'S REMNANTS.

REMEMBER...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.

SINCE MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR FROM DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS AND WHEN
CHILDREN PLAY IN AND AROUND RISING WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND
AND DON'T DROWN.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED FLOOD STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

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