Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 161341
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
841 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE COMBINATION A STALLED MARINE BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF THE GULF
COAST...A CONSTANT FEED OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH...AND A WEST TO
EAST FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN TO
PERSIST ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY
RAIN WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH AND AREAL FLOODING.

ALZ063-064-FLZ001>006-162100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.A.0004.080516T1341Z-080516T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
841 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...LOWER BALDWIN AND LOWER MOBILE COUNTIES. IN THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...ESCAMBIA...OKALOOSA...AND SANTA ROSA
COUNTIES.

* UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON

* NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...MOST WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL PERSIST ALONG
A STALLED MARINE BOUNDARY PARALLEL WITH INTERSTATE 10. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD ALREADY FALLEN
THIS MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA...WITH SOME LOCALIZED AREAS POSSIBLY RECEIVING UP TO
5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN.

* THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS TO REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER
THE SAME AREA WILL RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL AND A POTENTIAL FOR
FLASH FLOODING.

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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