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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1047 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1047 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT        

  CONTINUE TO TRAIN WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY. LOCAL LAW        

  ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED       

  NUMEROUS AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND     

  SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY. HIGHWAY 98 FROM THE OKALOOSA 

  COUNTY LINE TO GULF BREEZE IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ALSO SOME    

  HOUSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED IN THE FLOROSA AREA NEAR FORT    

  WALTON BEACH. 



HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE 

PAST FEW  HOURS...AND ALTHOUGH A WEAKENING TREND HAS BEEN NOTED ON 

RADAR...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 AM 

TONIGHT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 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 TAKE IMMEDIATE 

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 8676 3037 8642 3093 8642 3094 8676



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