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WGUS54 KMOB 311333

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ALC023-MSC153-311500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

726 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 900 AM CST



* AT 717 AM CST...MEDIA REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS  OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF IN AND AROUND THE BUTLER

  AREA OF CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA.  RADAR INDICATES FLASH FLOODING

  IS ALSO LIKELY OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

  THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL

  STORMS ALONG THE LINE ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH.  

  OBSERVERS REPORT THAT JUST OVER 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED

  SINCE EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.   



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WILL EFFECT AREAS AROUND...

   BUTLER...CHAPPELL HILL...WAYNESBORO...BUCKATUNNA AND MULBERRY THROUGH

   900 AM CST



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME

WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3146 8892 3148 8850 3170 8845 3172 8816

      3233 8812 3233 8841 3182 8895



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