Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KMOB 032200
FFWMOB
ALC003-035-053-FLC033-113-040345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0001.090103T2200Z-090104T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
400 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON...
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CST

* AT 345 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THIS INCLUDES THE
CONECUH RIVER...AND BOTH THE MURDER AND BURNT CORN CREEKS NEAR
BREWTON ALABAMA.

RADAR INDICATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED THROUGH 945 PM CST AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.

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.

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.

LAT...LON 3081 8765 3106 8771 3130 8706 3136 8696
3113 8691 3095 8684 3083 8733

$$

JW

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