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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

232 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA



* UNTIL 630 AM CST



* AT 225 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING OVER LAURENDINE...RANGELINE AND BELLINGRAPH ROADS         

  IN SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TRAINING 

OVER MUCH OF BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES THROUGH 630 AM. PERSONS 

LIVING IN THE WARNED AREA CAN EXPECT CONTINUED FLOODING OF STREETS 

AND SMALL STREAMS IN MANY AREAS OF BOTH MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES 

THROUGH 630 AM. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES LOCALLY HAVE OCCURRED IN MANY 

COASTAL AREAS OF THE WARNED AREA. 



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3041 8835 3036 8749 3119 8769 3109 8839



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