ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 111652
FFAMOB
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-120200-

URGENT...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1145 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.

THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE
INLAND PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS EVENING.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THE SHIELD OF RAINS NEAR AND NORTH OF
THE CENTER OF ARLENE COULD EXPAND OVERNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVIER AND
MORE EXTENSIVE.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING OVER INTERIOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA NORTH OF THE MOBILE AREA WHERE THE RAINFALL COULD
BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS COULD
CHANGE BASED ON THE TRACK AND SPEED OF ARLENE AS IT MOVES FURTHER
INLAND.

ON THE CURRENT TRACK...IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS
WILL OCCUR OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FALLING OVER THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE CONTINUED STEADY
RAINFALL OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN AN INCREASED
RISK OF FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

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 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.

GARMON

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