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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

613 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 608 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE EAST BOUND LANE OF I-10 IN PENSACOLA

  AND FLOODING ON MANY OTHER ROADS IN THE CITY AS WELL.  SIMILAR 

  CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OCCURRING ELSEWHERE ACROSS ESCAMBIA AND

  SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

  BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...

  AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR THROUGH 915 PM.

  THE AREA OF RAIN IS SLOWLY DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS ESCAMBIA AND

  SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...WHILE INDIVIDUAL HEAVY STORMS WITHIN THE RAIN

  AREA ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



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.



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 3032 8736 3043 8681 3098 8687 3096 8743



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