ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WGUS64 KMOB 110950
FFAMOB
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-117000-

URGENT...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
500 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING 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 NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING WITH LANDFALL EXPECTED
NEAR MOBILE BAY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A SHIELD OF RAIN...OCCASIONALLY
HEAVY...EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WILL SPREAD WEST THIS
MORNING...BRINGING HEAVY RAINS TO ALL THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY.

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 INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
THE CONTINUED STEADY RAINFALL OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WILL RESULT
IN AN INCREASED RISK OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH TONIGHT.

SOME DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE REGION STILL HAVE DEBRIS IN THEM
FROM HURRICANE 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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