ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 110011
FFAMOB
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111000-

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

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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 EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF WATERS DURING THE EVENING HOURS WILL
GRADUALLY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINS SPREADING ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...THEN
SPREADING INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AFTER MIDNIGHT. A STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL THEN
CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY...AS ARLENE
MOVES INLAND.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY.
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 RAINFALL OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WILL
RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF FLASH FLOODING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
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.

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