

000 

WGUS74 KMOB 010600

FFSMOB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1159 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005



ALC003-010830-

BALDWIN AL-

1159 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN AND 

CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION



AT 1155 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE 

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS THE AREA.  

SEVERAL STRONG STORMS OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE 

COUNTY HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2.5 

INCHES...BUT THESE HAVE SINCE MOVED EASTWARD INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY 

FLORIDA.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED 

AREA HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR...AND THESE CONDITIONS 

WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS.  BALDWIN COUNTY EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER POOR 

DRAINAGE AREA GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

ROBERTSDALE...WHITEHOUSE FORKS...STEELWOOD...STAPLETON...SPANISH

FORT...ROSINTON...PARK CITY...MALBIS...LOXLEY...JACKSON OAK...

HURRICANE...GATESWOOD...DOUGLASVILLE...CROSSROADS...CARPENTER AND

BRIDGEHEAD.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 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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000 

WGUS74 KMOB 010600

FFSMOB



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1159 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005



ALC003-010830-

BALDWIN AL-

1159 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN AND 

CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION



AT 1155 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE 

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS THE AREA.  

SEVERAL STRONG STORMS OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE 

COUNTY HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2.5 

INCHES...BUT THESE HAVE SINCE MOVED EASTWARD INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY 

FLORIDA.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED 

AREA HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR...AND THESE CONDITIONS 

WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS.  BALDWIN COUNTY EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER POOR 

DRAINAGE AREA GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

ROBERTSDALE...WHITEHOUSE FORKS...STEELWOOD...STAPLETON...SPANISH

FORT...ROSINTON...PARK CITY...MALBIS...LOXLEY...JACKSON OAK...

HURRICANE...GATESWOOD...DOUGLASVILLE...CROSSROADS...CARPENTER AND

BRIDGEHEAD.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 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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