ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KMOB 301803
FFWMOB
ALC003-FLC033-302000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
103 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1258 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND RADAR
PRECIPITATION HAS ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
OCCURRED DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...
WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO 6 INCHES NEAR AND SOUTH
OF LILLIAN ALABAMA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LILLIAN...
MYRTLE GROVE...ENSLEY...BEULAH AND BELLVIEW

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3026 8764 3032 8729 3054 8727 3060 8743

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