ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KMOB 041934
FFWMOB
ALC097-042130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
231 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
DOWNTOWN MOBILE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING ALONG AIRPORT
BOULEVARD WEST TO THE MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALLACE
TUNNEL...PINTO ISLAND...MON LOUIS...ALONG WITH AREAS ALONG AIRPORT
BOULEVARD INTO WEST MOBILE.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

LAT...LON 3079 8834 3046 8838 3039 8809 3073 8800

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