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WGUS54 KMOB 010531

FFWMOB

ALC097-010830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1128 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 230 AM CST



* AT 1125 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY.

  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 RESULT

  IN FLASH FLOODING MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

  BAYOU LA BATRE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT AT THE INTERSECTION

  OF HIGHWAY 188 AND 4 MILE...APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET OF WATER WAS OVER

  THE ROADWAY...UP TO THE TOP OF CAR DOORS.



* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDES LAURENDINE AND

  BELLEFONTAINE.



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.



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 3025 8841 3033 8803 3071 8801 3059 8839



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000 

WGUS54 KMOB 010531

FFWMOB

ALC097-010830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1128 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 230 AM CST



* AT 1125 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY.

  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 RESULT

  IN FLASH FLOODING MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

  BAYOU LA BATRE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT AT THE INTERSECTION

  OF HIGHWAY 188 AND 4 MILE...APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET OF WATER WAS OVER

  THE ROADWAY...UP TO THE TOP OF CAR DOORS.



* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDES LAURENDINE AND

  BELLEFONTAINE.



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.



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 3025 8841 3033 8803 3071 8801 3059 8839



$$

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