ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KMOB 010209
FFWMOB
ALC003-053-097-FLC033-MSC039-010415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0001.080201T0208Z-080201T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
808 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON...
GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE...
NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE...
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 752 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOOD WATERS
COVERING ROADWAYS WEST OF BIG CREEK LAKE NEAR TANNER WILLIAMS.
RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE SIMILAR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS THE INLAND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE EXTREME
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
LUCEDALE...MOBILE METRO...BAY MINETTE...ROBINSONVILLE...AND BRATT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

LAT...LON 3126 8694 3105 8702 3083 8751 3055 8789
3073 8799 3028 8813 3033 8828 3038 8833
3036 8839 3073 8843 3077 8886 3099 8883
3100 8843 3122 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 256DEG 31KT 3092 8801

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