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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1030 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 230 AM CST



* AT 1029 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  CONTINUED TO INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING

  ACROSS THE AREA.  HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS WILL PERSIST FOR

  SEVERAL MORE HOURS AND RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 TO 1.5 INCHES

  PER HOUR WILL MAINTAIN FLOODED CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA...MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  EMERGENCY

  MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL CONTINUE TO REPORT NUMEROUS FLOODED

  ROADWAYS AND A BRIDGE HAS BEEN DAMAGED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF

  COUNTY ROADS 12 AND 26.  RADAR ESTIMATES AND PUBLIC REPORTS

  INDICATE THAT APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY SINCE THE MID AFTERNOON.

  THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CURRENTLY IN

  EFFECT FOR BALDWIN COUNTY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WHITEHOUSE FORKS...STEELWOOD...STAPLETON...SPANISH FORT...

  SILVERHILL...ROSINTON...ROBERTSDALE...PARK CITY...MALBIS...

  LOXLEY...HURRICANE...GATESWOOD...DOUGLASVILLE...CROSSROADS...

  CARPENTER AND BRIDGEHEAD.



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF 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.



LAT...LON 3024 8785 3030 8752 3041 8748 3064 8743

      3088 8764 3086 8796



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