ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 302050
FFAMOB
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-310300-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL NOON TUESDAY...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH...
MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND
MOBILE COUNTIES.

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

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER EAST TEXAS WILL BEGIN TO
PUSH EASTWARD THIS EVENING...BRINGING AREAS OF WIDESPREAD RAIN...
WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH
TUESDAY. A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OFF THE MID TEXAS COAST IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE DEEP SOUTH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...AND SHOULD
HELP PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM SYSTEM
HAS A HISTORY OF DUMPING ALMOST HALF A FOOT OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTH LOUISIANA IN THE LAST 12 TO 24 HOURS.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON TUESDAY...AS SOME TRAINING OF STORMS OFF THE GULF ARE
LIKELY. THE CONTINUED STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH OCCASIONAL
EMBEDDED HEAVIER DOWNPOURS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WILL GRADUALLY
INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MORE FAVORABLE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE
WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL
COUNTIES...MAKING THEM ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE FOR FLOODING INTO EARLY
TUESDAY.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL
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 FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND
FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO CROSS
FLOODED AREAS. RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN EASILY CARRY A VEHICLE AND
ITS OCCUPANTS DOWN STREAM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. REMEMBER TO TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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