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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

556 PM CDT WED APR 6 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 800 PM CDT



* AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE 

  RECEIVED ABUNDANT RAINFALL FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS 

  ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN 

  MOBILE COUNTY THEN SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ARE

LIKELY OVER 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.



LAT...LON 3070 8844 3040 8840 3035 8815 3026 8812

      3025 8773 3034 8743 3049 8747 3066 8741

      3074 8754



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