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WGUS54 KMOB 070238

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FLC033-113-070500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

933 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 1200 AM CDT



* AT 930 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT     

  OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS    

  MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA     

  ROSA 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 IS POSSIBLE 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 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A 

SMALL ONE...BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



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

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



LAT...LON 3039 8679 3036 8713 3034 8711 3036 8724

      3034 8725 3033 8721 3032 8737 3042 8737

      3044 8734 3046 8737 3069 8737 3098 8748

      3098 8748 3098 8680



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