Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 240435
FFAMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1135 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL
STORM FAY IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

.AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF T.D. FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.9
NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.1 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES...EAST- NORTHEAST OF
MOBILE ALABAMA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
NEAR 8 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...FAY WILL BE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY. FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION.

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/O.EXT.KMOB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-080825T1300Z/
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...
NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
1135 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ALABAMA...
BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...
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...
STONE AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINS WILL ONSET FROM EAST TO WEST TONIGHT. DURING THE 30
HOUR PERIOD ENDING 1 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING...SOME 8 TO 12 INCHES OF
RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 15
INCHES POSSIBLE IN PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN BANDS ON THE EAST AND
NORTHEAST SIDE OF FAY. THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE AXIS OF THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD BE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. HEAVY RAINS ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT WESTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI FROM LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE
CENTER OF FAY MOVES WESTWARD.

THE FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING IN THE SHORT-TERM. IN THE LONGER TERM... WIDESPREAD
MODERATE FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE
NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHERE HEAVIER RAINS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST AND
ARE NO OCCURRING.

BASED ON EXPECTED RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...A FEW RIVERS IN
SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ARE FORECAST
TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI RIVERS ARE NOT FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE.

FOR THE MOST SPECIFIC TIME THAT FLOODING MAY BEGIN ON INDIVIDUAL
RIVERS PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING NWS MOBILE ALABAMA WEB SITE:

HTTP:\\WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV\MOB AND SELECT "RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS."

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING
STARTING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING POSSIBLY
LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
CAN BE EXPECTED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED AND BE
READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

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