ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KMOB 230034
FFWMOB
ALC097-230230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
732 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SNOW AND TANNER
WILLIAMS IN THE SEMMES AREA. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND...
BIG CREEK LAKE AND SEMMES THROUGH 900 PM CDT

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ARE
LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS
OTHER POUR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...IT ONLY
TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3059 8841 3061 8815 3088 8811 3092 8842

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