ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 230751
FFAMOB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
251 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

.PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH AND BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN. UNTIL THE
COLD FRONT BRINGS AN END TO THE WIDESPREAD RAINS...THE PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BRING RAPID FLOODING CONDITIONS TO STREAMS AND
POORLY DRAINED AREAS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY SERIOUS OVER THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHERE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND THE
GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED.

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CHOCTAW-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...WAYNESBORO
251 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER
WAYNE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THESE
TWO COUNTIES. A COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AND HAS BROUGHT
AN END TO THE RAIN.

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WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-
UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-PERRY-GREENE-
STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...JACKSON...
THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...
MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...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...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...
LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
251 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...
LOWER MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...
WASHINGTON AND WILCOX. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...COASTAL
ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND
ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. IN SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY AND STONE.

* UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING

* PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL A COLD FRONT
SWEEPS THROUGH OVERNIGHT.

* UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...THE PERIODS OF RAIN COULD LEAD TO
RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY SERIOUS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHERE LARGE
AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED.
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE IS CLOSELY MONITORING THIS
SITUATION AS IT UNFOLDS.

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

AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER
SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL
MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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