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Monday, October 16, 2006

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WGUS64 KMOB 170128
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
828 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

ALZ051-052-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-170930-
/O.CON.KMOB.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-061017T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...
THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...
WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
828 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
CHOCTAW...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER
MOBILE AND WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...
GREENE...PERRY...STONE AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
LOUISIANA MOVES NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE. DEEP GULF
MOISTURE EAST OF THE LOW TRACK WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND AS A
SURFACE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. ADDITIONALLY...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL
LIKELY OCCUR A FEW HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH
THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

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