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ALC025-129-131-MSC041-311545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

748 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 945 AM CST



* AT 743 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  ROCKWEST TO JONATHAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST

  OF CAMDEN TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...AND MOVING

  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



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

   SCYRENE AND ESCATAWPA BY 755 AM CST

   ESTELLE AND WHATELY BY 800 AM CST

   FATAMA AND WAGARVILLE BY 805 AM CST

   WATSONVILLE BY 810 AM CST



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ARE

LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REMEMBER...IT ONLY

TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3192 8701 3184 8717 3184 8751 3172 8752

      3171 8757 3165 8757 3115 8868 3133 8879

      3143 8862 3143 8847 3153 8842 3206 8740



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