ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 101633
FFAMOB
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-110000-

URGENT...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1135 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM SUNDAY MORNING...

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.

TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST ACROSS
THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS...WITH HEAVY RAINS SPREADING ACROSS INLAND AREAS AS ARLENE
CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THESE RAINS WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND TONIGHT...COVERING THE ENTIRE REGION
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A STEADY MODERATE RAIN...WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVIER RAINFALL...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...AND INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT AS ARLENE MOVES INLAND.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS COULD CHANGE BASED ON THE TRACK OF
ARLENE. ON THE CURRENT TRACK...IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGHER RAINFALL
TOTALS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FALLING OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. THIS CONTINUED STEADY RAIN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

SOME DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE REGION STILL HAVE DEBRIS IN THEM
FROM IVAN...AND AREAS THAT WOULD NORMALLY DRAIN WELL MAY HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU LIVE NEAR AREAS THAT DO NOT
DRAIN WELL...YOU MAY WANT TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND UNTIL THE HEAVY
RAINS FROM ARLENE HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

REMEMBER...A 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.

WWWW

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