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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

800 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 1200 AM CDT



* AT 800 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT     

  OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS    

  MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN     

  COUNTIES THIS EVENING. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

  BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...  

  AND ALTHOUGH A WEAKENING TREND HAS BEEN NOTED ON RADAR...AN        

  ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT        

  TONIGHT AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN FROM WEST   

  TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED MUCH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS 

WELL AS OTHER POUR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA.



RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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...BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. 

REMEMBER...IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO 

CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3120 8765 3086 8765 3062 8745 3044 8743

      3029 8754 3028 8776 3034 8782 3027 8782

      3025 8797 3056 8791 3068 8802 3033 8814

      3025 8808 3022 8831 3024 8832 3028 8812

      3040 8835 3108 8837 3114 8791 3127 8774



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