Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KMOB 280929
FFWMOB
ALC003-053-097-099-FLC033-113-281215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0007.090328T0929Z-090328T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
429 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE...
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 419 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE
COUNTY AND THE DOWNTOWN MOBILE. THE COMPLEX OF HEAVY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I65
AND AL 287...KNOLLWOOD HOSPITAL...TENSAW...CARNEY...SCHILLINGER AND
THREE NOTCH...PINTO ISLAND...RABUN...DYAS...PHILLIPSVILLE...I10 AND
I65 INTERSECTION...BLACKSHER...I65 AND CR 47...PERDIDO...TILLMANS
CORNER...LOTTIE...BROOKLEY FIELD AIRPORT...I10 NEAR THE
BATTLESHIP...REDTOWN...MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK...NOKOMIS...WALNUT
HILL...BOONEVILLE...I65 AND CR 1...FREEMANVILLE...BAYOU LA BATRE...
I10 AND MCDONALD ROAD...POARCH...ATMORE...MCCULLOUGH...DIXON
CORNER...SAINT ELMO...OAK GROVE...STAPLETON...MALTA...JEDDO...I65
AND AL 21...BRATT...IRVINGTON...ROBINSONVILLE...HOLMAN PRISON...
CANOE...DELCHAMPS...SOUTH ORCHARD...LAURENDINE...HUXFORD...
THEODORE...BRIDGEHEAD...WAWBEEK...MON LOUIS...LITTLE ROCK...
SARDINE...BELLEFONTAINE...HOLLINGERS ISLAND...SPANISH FORT...
STEELWOOD...FLOMATON...CENTURY...I65 AND AL 113...PARK CITY...
WAHL...BARNETT CROSSROADS...OSAKA...FOSHEE...POLLARD...WALLACE...
POINT CLEAR...BATTLES WHARF...MALBIS...HOUSTONVILLE...JACKSON
OAK...KEEGO...FAIRHOPE...MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...MONTROSE...TURKEY
BRANCH...DAPHNE...APPLETON...MARLOW...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...EAST
BREWTON...CLAY CITY...JAY...KIRKLAND...DIXONVILLE...ROCK HILL...
SILVERHILL...MCDAVID...LOXLEY...FOLEY...SUMMERDALE...ROBERTSDALE...
ROSINTON...ROBERTS...MIFLIN...ELBERTA...GATESWOOD...BOYKIN...
ELSANOR...SEMINOLE...LILLIAN...BEULAH...WEST PENSACOLA...PENSACOLA
REGIONAL A/P...PACE...MYRTLE GROVE...MOLINO...MILTON NEAR WHITING
FIELD...MILTON...MCLELLAN...GOULDING...GONZALEZ...FERRY PASS...
ENSLEY...EAST PENSACOLA HEIGHTS...COTTAGE HILL...CHUMUCKLA...
CANTONMENT...BROWNSVILLE...BRENT...BERRYDALE...BELLVIEW...BARRINEAU
PARK...BAGDAD AND ALLENTOWN

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT MOBILE REGIONAL
AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED ALMOST 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 1 AM AND ABOUT
SEVEN AND A HALF INCHES SINCE WEDNESDAY.

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.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 3037 8827 3035 8819 3038 8825 3036 8840
3068 8842 3124 8781 3125 8678 3049 8698
3055 8701 3044 8709 3058 8717 3041 8720
3033 8782 3042 8792 3064 8793 3067 8800
3058 8808 3030 8814

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