ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 190340
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1040 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND SOUTHERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN
BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA
DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA. WITH THE
GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT
IN DANGEROUS FLOODING OF SWOLLEN STREAMS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

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LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...
BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...
GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
1040 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...LOWER BALDWIN. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL TO THE AREA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...THIS
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FLOODING OF
SWOLLEN STREAMS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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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