Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KMOB 071130
FFWMOB
ALC003-FLC033-071430-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081007T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
630 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 618 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MOST
ROADS IN GULF SHORES WERE FLOODED WITH WATER OVER THE ROADS UP
HIGHWAY 59 TO COUNTY ROAD 6. THE RAIN STARTED AROUND 1 AM AND
REPORTS FROM UNOFFICIAL BUT RELIABLE RAINFALL SENSORS WERE NEAR 8
INCHES/7.98/ AT THE GULF SHORES FIRE STATION NUMBER 1 AND AROUND 5
AND THREE QUARTERS/5.78/ NEAR THE BEACH IN PENSACOLA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIFLIN...
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...LILLIAN...FOLEY AND ELBERTA

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3042 8780 3043 8755 3043 8738 3036 8730
3034 8731 3034 8730 3035 8728 3033 8727
3028 8753 3029 8754 3027 8756 3024 8774

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