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WGUS54 KMOB 312341

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FLC033-010130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

540 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 730 PM CST



* AT 540 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING   

  FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS MAINLY THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA   

  COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRODUCING PERIODS OF 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 



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

  NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE       

  COMMUNITIES OF ENSLEY...GONZALEZ...CONTONMENT AND COTTAGE HILL     

  THROUGH 730 PM CST.



RADAR AND AREA OBSERVATIONS HAVE INDICATED THAT AT LEAST 3 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST 

3 HOURS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 

ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY 

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS 

OTHER POUR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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.



LAT...LON 3042 8734 3047 8718 3073 8732 3086 8732

      3082 8755 3067 8737 3054 8743



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