ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KMOB 191447
FFWMOB
ALC003-FLC033-091-113-192030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0005.071019T1437Z-071019T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
937 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...DESTIN...
CRESTVIEW...
SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 930 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES CONTINUE TO REPORT PROBLEMS WITH PROLONGED STANDING WATER
AND WASHED OUT ROADWAYS. THEREFORE...AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS
BEEN ISSUED THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
IS DETECTING ONLY SPORADIC LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THAT
CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE. NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED FOR THE REMINDER OF THE DAY...BUT FLOOD WATERS ARE
EXPECTED TO RECEDE AT A VERY SLOW RATE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ELSANOR...PACE...MILTON NEAR WHITING FIELD...MILTON...
MILLIGAN...HOLT...HAROLD...GONZALEZ...GALLIVER...DORCAS...
DEERLAND...CRESTVIEW AIRPORT...COTTAGE HILL...CANTONMENT...
BAKER...BAGDAD AND ALLENTOWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...RANGING FROM 7 INCHES ALONG
THE I-10 CORRIDOR UP TO TWO FEET AROUND THE GULF BREEZE AREA...THE
PAST TWO DAYS CONTINUES TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE SHOAL RIVER. THE FLOOD CREST IS
EXPECTED TO REACH 1.3 ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT CRESTVIEW OVER THE
WEEKEND.

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...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3046 8784 3077 8715 3085 8638 3046 8639
3049 8646 3043 8657 3039 8640 3040 8673
3024 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 180DEG 0KT 3054 8721

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JP

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