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Saturday, May 03, 2008

Flash Flood Warning

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WGUS54 KMOB 031426
FFWMOB
ALC097-031730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0010.080503T1425Z-080503T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
925 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF CITY...URBAN
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILMER...
TURNERVILLE...SATSUMA...SARALAND...SALCO...LOTT AND COLEMAN DAIRY
RO...KUSHLA...I65 AND US 43...GEORGETOWN...CREOLA...CHUNCHULA...
CELESTE...BUCKS...AXIS AND OAK GROVE

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

LAT...LON 3089 8840 3103 8796 3066 8807 3059 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 1425Z 180DEG 0KT 3081 8818

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